1989
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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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Art and culture
- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, 5 June: "Tank Man" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
- King Tubby shot
- Berlin Wall falls
- The Simpsons premieres
- February 14, radio Tehran broadcast fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie
Visual art
- Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? by the Guerrilla Girls
Film
- Marquis by Henri Xhonneux
- Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out by Nick Park
- Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover by Peter Greenaway
- sex, lies, and videotape by Steven Soderbergh
- Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen
- Parents by Bob Balaban
- Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Dead Calm by Phillip Noyce
- Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant
- 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 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
Literature
Fiction
- My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man by Georges Bataille
- The Quincunx by Charles Palliser
- London Fields by Martin Amis
Non-fiction
- 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
Music
Albums
- As Nasty As They Wanna Be
- I by A. R. Kane
- 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
- From The Mind Of Lil Louis
Singles
- Lambada (Kaoma song)
- French Kiss by Lil' Louis
- Pump Up the Jam by Technotronic
- I'll House You by Jungle Brothers
- Sueño Latino by Sueño Latino
- Pacific State by 808 State
- Octave One - I Believe
- Black Box - Ride On Time
- Frankie Knuckles - Your Love/Baby Wants To Ride
- Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutherfucker
- R-Tyme - R-Theme
- Psyche - Crack Down
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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