People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
1991
1991 · Politics
Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated near Madras
May 21, 19911991
1991 · Politics
Enrique Bermúdez is killed in Managua
February 16, 19911990
1990 · Politics
Margaret Thatcher Leaves Downing Street
November 28, 19901990
1990 · Politics
Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Union
March 15, 19901989
1989 · Politics
The Ceaușescus Are Tried and Executed
December 25, 19891989
1989 · Politics
Ceaușescu Flees Bucharest
December 22, 19891989
1989 · War & Conflict
Jesuit Priests and Two Women Are Murdered in El Salvador
November 16, 19891988
1988 · Politics
Henri Namphy overthrows Haiti’s civilian president
June 20, 19881986
1986 · Sport
Mike Tyson Becomes the Youngest Heavyweight Titleholder
November 22, 19861985
1985 · Politics
Reagan and Gorbachev Open the Geneva Summit
November 19, 19851985
1985 · Space
Discovery takes Sultan bin Salman into space
June 17, 19851984
1984 · Politics