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  1. 4th November 1989

    Margaret Thatcher is judged the least popular prime minister since polling began.

  2. 3rd November 1989

    Protests in East Germany force the resignation of the Mayor of Leipzig.

  3. 2nd November 1989

    In an unprecedented move, KGB officers take questions from the public on live TV.

  4. 1st November 1989

    President Bush agrees to meet Chairman Gorbachev on his boat in the Mediterranean.

  5. 31st October 1989

    Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson tells the House of Commons why he resigned.

  6. 30th October 1989

    Riots in Moscow follow a demonstration outside the KGB headquarters.

  7. 29th October 1989

    Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at the biggest ever ANC rally.

  8. 28th October 1989

    A pro-democracy rally in Prague turns violent after police move in.

  9. 27th October 1989

    Margaret Thatcher's leadership style comes under fire after a quick Cabinet reshuffle.

  10. 26th October 1989

    Nigel Lawson resigns after six years as Chancellor, prompting a further drop in the pound.

  11. 25th October 1989

    The 91热爆's Panorama programme asks whether Britain is about to face a crack epidemic.

  12. 24th October 1989

    Egon Krenz is officially installed as East Germany's new leader but protests continue.

  13. 23rd October 1989

    250,000 East Germans march in Leipzig in the country's biggest ever demonstration.

  14. 22nd October 1989

    Margaret Thatcher causes consternation at the Commonwealth.

  15. 21st October 1989

    Thousands of protestors march through East Germany.

  16. 20th October 1989

    Actors pay a final tribute to Sir Laurence Olivier at Westminster Abbey.

  17. 19th October 1989

    The Guildford four are released.

  18. 18th October 1989

    Erich Honecker, East German leader and the architect of the Berlin Wall, resigns.

  19. 17th October 1989

    The Guildford Four have their sentence overturned after 14 years in prison.

  20. 16th October 1989

    120,000 East Germans gather in Leipzig for an anti-government demonstration.

  21. 15th October 1989

    ANC leader Walter Sisulu is released from prison, sparking nationwide celebrations.

  22. 14th October 1989

    Poland faces 1,000 per cent inflation.

  23. 13th October 1989

    Douglas Hurd declares war on the 'scourge of acid house parties'.

  24. 12th October 1989

    Nigel Lawson speaks at the Tory Party conference to defend the 15 per cent interest rate.

  25. 11th October 1989

    Jive Bunny gets on the Juke Box Jury's nerves.

  26. 10th October 1989

    In East Germany, the police violence that people had feared had not occurred.

  27. 9th October 1989

    Protests approach a historical and perhaps dangerous moment.

  28. 8th October 1989

    Eyewitnesses in East Berlin describe a police crackdown on protestors.

  29. 7th October 1989

    Protestors marching through East Berlin to the Church of the Gethsemane clash with police.

  30. 6th October 1989

    Gorbachev begins a visit to East Germany to help celebrate the GDR's 40th anniversary.

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