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Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner is toppled by Andrés Rodríguez, who restores democracy to the country
The USSR completes the phased withdrawal of its troops from Aghanistan
The supertanker Exxon Valdez spills vast quantities of oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Rupert Murdoch launches Sky, a satellite television channel, in the UK
in the Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield 96 Liverpool fans are crushed to death during a match against Nottingham Forest
Carlos Menem is elected president of Argentina and introduces a free market economy
Students, teachers and workers gather in large numbers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demand democratic reform
The crowd demonstrating on Beijing's Tiananmen Square swells to more than a million
Confronted with mass popular protest, Deng Xiaoping imposes martial law in China
Uruguay enjoys the first entirely free election since the years of military dictatorship
Ayatollah Khomeini dies and is succeeded by Sayed Ali Khamenei as Iran's leading ayatollah
More than 2000 peaceful demonstrators die after troops open fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
US sculptor Richard Serra's Tilted Arc is removed from Federal Plaza, New York, after legal action by local protesters
Slobodan Milosevic is elected president of Serbia
Elections in Poland bring Solidarnośc nation-wide success, and the party is soon at the head of a coalition government
The English National Ballet evolves from London's Festival Ballet
Before the coming election the military junta in Burma places democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest
James Ivory directs the film The Remains of the Day, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
Frederik Willem de Klerk, promising reform, wins a whites-only South African presidential election
The US unmanned spacecraft Galileo is launched from a space shuttle on a six-year voyage to Jupiter
At CERN, in Geneva, Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau build ENQUIRE, a first step towards the future World Wide Web
Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany since 1971, is forced to resign after massive popular demonstrations
Citizens of East Berlin demolish the Berlin Wall, in what proves a symbolic end to the Cold War
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher introduces an extremely unpopluar poll tax, last used in the Middle Ages
French ballerina Sylvie Guillem moves from Paris to join the Royal Ballet in London
