Unix Timestamp: 624585600
Tuesday, October 17. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The National Assembly of Hungary votes to restore multiparty democracy.

The Communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, is forced to step down as leader of the country after a series of health problems, and is succeeded by Egon Krenz.

The Wonders of Life pavilion opens at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Florida.

The Guildford Four are freed after 14 years.

The Loma Prieta earthquake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, strikes the San Francisco–Oakland region of Northern California, killing 67 people and delaying the 1989 World Series for ten days