Born in February 1989 - Zodiac Signs, Personality and Horoscopes

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February 1989 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in February 1989

• February 1, 1989: Joan Kirner becomes Victoria's first female Deputy Premier, following Robert Fordham's resignation due to the VEDC Crisis.
• February 2, 1989: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, marking the end of nine years of military occupation in Afghanistan since 1979.
• February 3, 1989: A military coup, known as "La Noche de la Candelaria", overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, who had been Paraguay's dictator since 1954.
• February 5, 1989: Eurosport, a multi-language sports broadcasting station in Europe, commences broadcasting from Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, France.
• February 6, 1989: The Government of Poland holds formal talks with representatives of the Solidarity movement for the first time since 1981.
• February 7, 1989: The People's National Party, led by Michael Manley, emerges victorious in the 1989 Jamaican general election.
• February 10, 1989: Ron Brown becomes the first African American to lead a major U.S. political party when he is elected as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
• February 11, 1989: Barbara Harris becomes the first woman consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States, and the first female bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
• February 14, 1989: Union Carbide agrees to pay $470,000,000 to the Indian government for damages caused by the 1984 Bhopal disaster, a gas leak that resulted in the deaths of 3,700 people.