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  1. 4th December 1989

    The Soviet government joins in condemnation of its own invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

  2. 3rd December 1989

    George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev declare that the Cold War is over.

  3. 2nd December 1989

    Bush and Gorbachev begin their summit in Malta.

  4. 1st December 1989

    Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the Vatican.

  5. 30th November 1989

    Record libel damages are awarded to the Conservative peer Lord Aldington.

  6. 29th November 1989

    Margaret Thatcher and Anthony Meyer submit their nominations for the Tory leadership.

  7. 28th November 1989

    Czech PM Ladislav Adamec formally announces the end of the communists' monopoly on power.

  8. 27th November 1989

    Margaret Thatcher defends her record on the 大象传媒's Panorama.

  9. 26th November 1989

    Czechoslovakia's prime minister has his first meeting with leading dissident Vaclav Havel.

  10. 25th November 1989

    In Czechoslovakia, demonstrators keep up the pressure for free elections.

  11. 24th November 1989

    The Czech leadership are forced to resign.

  12. 23rd November 1989

    The Conservative Party is facing a leadership challenge.

  13. 22nd November 1989

    In Prague, tens of thousands continue their protest for the sixth day in Wenceslas Square.

  14. 21st November 1989

    MPs relish their day in the limelight as TV cameras are permitted in the House of Commons.

  15. 20th November 1989

    In Romania, Nicolae Ceausescu receives 67 standing ovations during a six-hour speech.

  16. 19th November 1989

    London ambulance workers continue their strike; New Kids on the Block reach number one.

  17. 18th November 1989

    In Prague, rumours spread that the police have killed a Czech student.

  18. 17th November 1989

    In Prague the police beat protesters as they call for the ousting of the Czech leadership.

  19. 16th November 1989

    South Africa's president announces that its beaches are to be opened to all races.

  20. 15th November 1989

    John Major gives his first Autumn Statement - City analysts predict gloom for the 90s.

  21. 14th November 1989

    Czechoslovakia eases restrictions on foreign travel.

  22. 13th November 1989

    The East German Politburo elects Hans Modrow as prime minister.

  23. 12th November 1989

    The mayors of East and West Berlin shake hands at a new border crossing at Potsdamerplatz.

  24. 11th November 1989

    Bulldozers tear down sections of the Berlin Wall to make more crossing points.

  25. 10th November 1989

    Hundreds of thousands of East Germans arrive in West Berlin amid scenes of shock and joy.

  26. 9th November 1989

    East Berlin's party chief declares that all citizens can leave immediately.

  27. 8th November 1989

    The Politburo resigns in East Germany - could the Berlin Wall fall next?

  28. 7th November 1989

    The authorities in the GDR are buckling under the pounding they are taking in the streets.

  29. 6th November 1989

    A backlash against East German refugees begins in West Germany.

  30. 5th November 1989

    Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson makes things even more difficult for Margaret Thatcher.

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