Unix Timestamp: 611798400
Monday, May 22. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Nordland Days in Leningrad region (Leningrad oblast) open.

An attempted assassination of Miguel Maza Marquez, director of the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) in Bogotá, Colombia is committed by members of the Medellín Cartel, who kill 4 and injure 37.

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10 m (33 ft) high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

Boris Yeltsin gains a seat on the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

NATO agrees to talks with the Soviet Union on reducing the number of short-range nuclear weapons in Europe.

Amid food riots and looting set off by inflation, Argentina declares a nationwide state of siege.

June 1–10 ndash Pope John Paul II visits Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden.