Unix Timestamp: 602726400
Monday, February 6. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major United Statespolitical party.

The People\'s National Party, led by Michael Manley, wins the Jamaican general election.

The government of the People's Republic of Poland holds formal talks with representatives of Solidarity movement for the first time since 1981.

The Los Angeles, California City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic firearms.

U.S. President Bush meets Canadian prime minister Mulroney in Ottawa, laying the groundwork for the Acid Rain Treaty of 1991.