1989 A Year

February

17th- Patrick Purdy shotmore than 100bullets into a crowd of children outsidetheStockton, CaliforniaElementary School, killing five students and wounding 27 others and one teacher beforekilling himselfwith a pistol.

20th- George Bush was inaugurated.

-Japan's Emperor Hirohitodied.

-18-year-oldRodney Reardon opened fireon200 studentsat Washington's Woodrow Wilson High School. There were four injured.

-Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and Quian Qichen, the Foreign Minister ofChinasetadatefor ameetingthatwould bring the two countries' leaderstogether for thefirsttimein 30 years.

-President Bush brought a plan forward that wouldrequire taxpayers and Savingsand Loansto sharetheburden of a rescue that would cost an estimated $126 billion during thenextdecade.