The Year 89-90 A Chronological Look Back at the Events that Shaped OUR Lives. April 15 - Crowd stampede at soccer match in Sheffield, England, kills 95. April 19- Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. April 21- Junior Craig Cheatham becomes the new S.A. president in a close run-off election against Brian Mashburn. May 3- Yasser Arafat says call for the destruction of Israel in PLO charter "null and void." May 4 - Col. Oliver North convicted of three counts in Iran-Contra affai r , aquitted of nine. 36 Endless Memories May 6- 351 students graduate in spring commencement. Dr. Joseph E. Pryor speaks at the exercises. May 8- Construction begins on the renovation of the Beaumont Memorial Library. May 10- Panamanian leader Gen. Manuel Noriega annuls election after opposition wins by 3-1 margin. May 17- More than 1 million Chinese prodemocracy demonstrators take to Beijing's streets. May 31- Speaker of the House, Jim Wright resigns in the face of ethics problems. Thomas Foley later sueceeds him. M a rch 4- Machinists strike Eastern Airlines. Pilots and flight attendants honor picket lines. M arch 9 - President Bush's nominee for defense secretary, John Tower, loses Senate ratification vote. M a r ch 24- Exxon Tanker Valdez spills more than 10 million gallons of oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound. March 28 - "An Easter Eggstravaganza" by Alpha Gamma Omega, Kirei Na Ai, OEGE, Shantih, Knights, King's Men and Chi Alpha Rho wins the Sweepstakes Award in Spring Sing 1989. M arch 26- The Soviet Union holds first multi-candidate elections in 70 years. April 4- Richard M. Daley, son of former mayor, elected mayor of Chicago. April 5 - Solidarity trade union legalized in Poland Ap ril 7 - Soviet nuclear sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, killing 12 sailors. April 14- Beatlemania sweeps through Searcy when "1964 as the Beatles" performs to a frenzied Har - ding crowd. Wright resigns in the face of ethics problems. Thomas Foley later succeeds him. June 3 - Chinese troops firing indiscriminately march on crowds in Beijing, killing hundreds, possibly thousands.
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