“I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.” – George H. W. Bush
Events • USSR pulls out of Afghanistan • PLO and Israel begin preliminary talks • Violence in black townships worsen with over 2,500 killed • New Prime Minister in South Af-
rica F.W. de Klerk starts to dismantle apartheid • Thousands of students occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing protesting democracy. Chinese government declares martial law and hundreds of demonstrators are killed
• Following the Tiananmen Square incident the U.S. and other countries around the world place sanctions on China • George Bush Sr. becomes president • The Supreme Court ruled that flag burning as a form of political protest is an act of protected speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution • The Phillips 66 Chemical Complex in Houston, Texas has a series of explosions and fi res killing 23 employees • One of the deadliest tornadoes in modern times strikes Saturia, Bangladesh Tornado killing as many as 1,300 • Toyota launches it’s luxury brand the Lexus • Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida’s electric chair • United States provide assistance to Columbia government to battle drug lords • In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Great Pyramid of Giza • In Alaska’s Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil after running aground • Leona Helmsley, the billionaire hotel operator, is convicted on tax fraud charges • The Loma Prieta earthquake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, strikes San Francisco Bay area in California, killing 63 • Hurricane Hugo ( Category 5 ) strikes Puerto Rico, St. Croix,
Guadeloupe, Montserrat, South Carolina and North Carolina, the hurricane claimed over 80 lives and in 1989 was the costliest hurricane in fi nancial terms up the that date • Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a FATWA death sentence on British writer Salman Rushdie for the satanic verses • Yugo Cars go bankrupt • Ford buys Jaguar • After 30 years the Cold War between East and West ends following the Malta conference and the Berlin Wall comes down • The U.S. government gives a $150 billion bail out for hundreds of saving and loan associations
Technology • The fi rst of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is placed into orbit • Nintendo begin selling the Game Boy in Japan • Voyager II passes the planet Neptune and its moon Triton and sends pictures back to earth. • The 486 series of microprocessor introduced by Intel
• Scientists pronounce 1989 as the warmest on record possibly a sign of the greenhouse effect • Florida and Virginia allow use of DNA genetic fi ngerprinting evidence as admissible • First release of Microsoft Office. which was a bundle of Microsoft’s office applications, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel , dependent on the version you purchased would depend on which applications were included
“It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.” – Salman Rushdie
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Cost of Living Yearly inflation rate 4.83% Average cost of new house $120,000 Average income per year $27,450 Average monthly rent $420 Average price for new car $15,350 1 gallon of gas 97 cents U.S. postage stamp 25 cents
Popular Culture • The fi rst episodes of the Simpsons are shown
Popular Films
Popular Musicians Duran Duran Paul McCartney Phil Collins Prince Madonna
Batman Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Lethal Weapon 2 Twins Back to the Future Part II Ghostbusters II The Little Mermaid Driving Miss Daisy Parenthood Dead Poets Society License to Kill Honey, I Shrunk The Kids My Left Foot When Harry Met Sally
“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”– Leona Helmsley
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