Unix Timestamp: 630806400
Thursday, December 28. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Alan Bond's Bond Corporation goes into receivership with the largest debt in Australian history.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

The wreck of the \'\'Lady Elgin\'\' is discovered off Highland Park, Illinois by Harry Zych.

Riots break out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.

The last Golden Toad is seen, the species is now classified extinct.

Soviet submarine K-173 ("Chelyabinsk") is commissioned.

Nikkei 225 for Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87.

The NIOS board is established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India.

The global concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere reaches 350 ppm (parts per million) by volume.

Kamchatka opens to Russian civilian visitors.

Richard C. Duncan introduces the Olduvai theory, about the collapse of the Industrial Civilization.

The first national park in the Netherlands is established in Schiermonnikoog.

The Alize propeller-driven anti-submarine planes are retired from active carrier service in the French Navy.

The Japan Fantasy Novel Award is established.

Václav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology is founded in Culver City, California by David and Diana Wilson.

Homosexual acts between consenting adults are decriminalized in Western Australia.

Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water slides in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois closes down after an incident on one of the slides.