Unix Timestamp: 604195200
Thursday, February 23. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The funeral of Hirohito is attended by representatives of 160 nations.

After 44 years, Estonian flag is raised to the Pikk Hermann Castle tower.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini places a US $3-million bounty on the head of "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie.

February 23–27 ndash U.S. President Bush visits Japan, China, and South Korea, attending the funeral of Hirohito and then meeting with China's Deng Xiaoping and South Korea's Roh Tae-woo.

After protracted testimony, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee rejects, 11–9, President Bush's nomination of John Tower for Secretary of Defense.