Unix Timestamp: 602294400
Wednesday, February 1. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Carlos Andrés Pérez takes office as President of Venezuela.

Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, ending 9 years of military occupation.

After a stroke, Pieter Willem Botha resigns his party's leadership and the presidency of South Africa.

Joan Kirner becomes Victoria's first female Deputy Premier, after the resignation of Robert Fordham over the VEDC (Victorian Economic Development Co-operation) Crisis.

Satellite television service Sky Television plc is launched in Europe.

A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.