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 +"[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
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 +"[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]]" --the Guerrilla Girls
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 +The year [[1989]] is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the [[Eastern Bloc]], starting in [[Poland]]. Collectively known as the [[Revolutions of 1989]], they were the death knell for the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[Stalinism|Stalinist]]ic [[Marxism-Leninism]] as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[globalization]], [[free trade]], and [[United States dominance]] that lasts to this day.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*Tian'anmen Square, Bejing, China, 5 June 1989: "The Unknown Rebel" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.+*[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] shot
-*King Tubby shot+*[[February 14]] – radio Tehran broadcast [[fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie]]
-*Berlin Wall falls+*[[June 5]] – [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
 +*[[November 9]] – [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]]
 +*[[December 17]] – ''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres
 +*[[Axiom (record label)|Axiom]] founded
 +===Visual art===
 +*[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls
 +*[[The Situationist International 1956-1972]] retrospective
 +*
 +''[[Candy Cigarette]]'' (1989) by [[Sally Mann]]
-== Births ==+===Film===
-==Deaths ==+*''[[Marquis (film)|Marquis]]'' by Henri Xhonneux
 +*''[[A Grand Day Out|Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out]]'' by Nick Park
 +*''[[Monsieur Hire]]'' by Patrice Leconte
 +*''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover]]'' by Peter Greenaway
 +*''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh
 +*''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen
 +*''[[Parents (1989 film) |Parents]]'' by Bob Balaban
 +*''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky
 +*''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce
 +*''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' by Gus Van Sant
 +*''[[Communion (1989 film)|Communion]]'' by Philippe Mora
 +*''[[Life and Nothing But]]'' by Bertrand Tavernier
 +*''[[Time of the Gypsies]]'' by Emir Kusturica
 +*''[[Slaves of New York]]'' by James Ivory
 +*''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' by Ron Howard
 +*''[[Dead Poets Society ]]'' by Peter Weir
 +*''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]'' by Paul Bartel
 +*''[[Darkness/Light/Darkness]]'' by Jan Švankmajer
 +*''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'' by Shinya Tsukamoto
 +*''[[Vampire's Kiss]]'' by Robert Bierman
 +*''[[Begotten (film)|Begotten]]'' by E. Elias Merhige
 +===Television===
 +*''[[Inside Story: The Road to Terror]]'' by Adam Curtis
-== Music ==+===Literature===
-*I (1989) - A.R. Kane+====Fiction====
-*3 Feet High and Rising (1989) - De La Soul+*''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille
-==== Post-disco ====+*''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser
 +*''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis
 +====Non-fiction====
 +*''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus
 +*''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross
 +*''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' by Linda Williams
 +*''[[Rants and Incendiary Tracts]]'' by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey
 +*''[[Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity]]'' by Richard Rorty
- 1. Jerry Edwards - I am somebody+=== Music ===
- 2. French Kiss by Lil' Louis+* [[Music Institute]] in Detroit closes its doors
- 3. Jungle Brothers - I'll House You+====Albums====
- 4. Frankie Knuckles present Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (feat. Robert Owens)+*''[[i (A.R. Kane album)|I]]'' by A. R. Kane
- 5. Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino (E2-E4 reinterpretation)+*''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]'' by De La Soul
- 6. 808 State - Pacific State+
- 7. Symbols and Instruments - Mood (Mark Farina)+
- 8. Octave One - I Believe+
- 9. Ten City - Where Do We Go+
- 10. Black Box - Ride On Time+
- 11. Frankie Knuckles - Your Love/Baby Wants To Ride+
- 12. S'Express - "Theme from S'Express"+
- 13. Mr Fingers - What about this Love+
- 14. Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutherfucker+
- 15. R-Tyme - R-Theme+
- 16. Psyche - Crack Down+
- 17. Owens, Tomiie, Knuckles - Tears+
- 18. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam +
-===Film===+*''[[From The Mind Of Lil Louis]]'' by Lil Louis
-*Monsieur Hire (1989) - +*''[[Textures (album)|Textures]]'' by Brian Eno
-*The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) - +* ''[[Sex (The Necks album)|Sex]]'' by The Necks
-*sex, lies, and videotape (1989)+ 
-*Crimes and Misdemeanors+==== Singles ====
-*Parents (1989) - Bob Balaban+*[[French Kiss (Lil Louis song)|French Kiss]] by Lil' Louis
-*Santa Sangre (1989) - Alejandro Jodorowsky+*[[I'll House You]] by Jungle Brothers
-*Dead Calm (1989) - Phillip Noyce+*[[Work That Mutherfucker]] by Steve Poindexter
-*Drugstore Cowboy (1989) - Gus Van Sant+*[[Sueño Latino]] by Sueño Latino
-*Communion (1989) - Philippe Mora+*[[Pacific State (song)|Pacific State]] by 808 State
-*Life and Nothing But (1989)- Bertrand Tavernier+*[[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]] by Public Enemy
-*Time of the Gypsies (1989) - Emir Kusturica+*[[Funky Cold Medina]] by Tone Lōc
-*Slaves of New York (1989) - James Ivory+*[[Wicked Game]] by Chris Isaak
-====Literature===+*[[Falling (Julee Cruise song)|Falling]] by Julee Cruise
-*Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century+*[[Rhyme Fighter]] by Mellow Man Ace
-*The Quincunx (1989) - Charles Palliser+=====Guilty pleasures=====
 +*[[Me So Horny]] by 2 Live Crew
 +*[[Pump Up the Jam]] by Technotronic
 + 
 +== Births ==
 +==Deaths ==
 +*[[Georges Simenon ]] (1903 – 1989)
 +*[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989)
 +*[[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989)
 +*[[Jack Smith]] (1932 - 1989)
 +*[[Sergio Leone]] (1929 – 1989)
 +*[[Thomas Bernhard]] (1931 - 1989)
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"Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?" --the Guerrilla Girls

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The year 1989 is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in Poland. Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they were the death knell for the Soviet Union and for Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of neoliberal globalization, free trade, and United States dominance that lasts to this day.

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