Unix Timestamp: 603158400
Saturday, February 11. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Barbara Clementine Harris is consecrated as the first female bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (and also the first female bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion).

Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini encourages Muslims to kill "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie.

The first of 24 Global Positioning System satellites is placed into orbit.

Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.

Union Carbide agrees to pay USD $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.

Following a caign that saw over 1000 people killed in massive caign-related violence, the United National Party wins the Sri Lankan parliamentary election.