Timeline November 1989

Events in November 1989 6

• 1903 – 1989 Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Died 5 November 1989, aged 86 Vladimir Horowitz was a Russian-American virtuoso pianist celebrated for his technical brilliance and interpretations of Romantic repertoire. He gave celebrated recitals across decades, including a historic return to Moscow in 1986. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.
• 1989 First Soviet conventional carrier landing Su-27K on the Tbilisi Viktor Pugachev lands the Su-27K naval prototype on the carrier Tbilisi — later Admiral Kuznetsov — the first conventional jet landing on a Soviet carrier.
• 1989 Marries Claudia Villafane Maradona marries his childhood sweetheart Claudia Villafañe, whom he met in Villa Fiorito as a teenager, in a lavish ceremony in Buenos Aires. Their daughters Dalma (born 1987) and Giannina (born 1989) are already born. The wedding is one of the most watched events in Argentine television history.
• 1989 Berlin Wall falls Nov 9, 1989 On November 9, 1989, crowds tore down the Berlin Wall, ending 28 years of division — the defining moment of the Cold War's end.
• 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall The Peaceful Revolution The historic opening of the border between East and West Berlin, leading to the collapse of the GDR.
• 1989 Velvet Revolution Peaceful collapse of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia A student demonstration in Prague on 17 November triggered a wave of mass protests against one-party rule. The Communist Party relinquished power within weeks, and playwright Václav Havel was elected president on 29 December. The transition was achieved without a single fatality.