Also in 1989

• 4 of May - Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.
• 7 of November - East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
• 23 of October - The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic.