Unix Timestamp: 624931200
Saturday, October 21. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations issue the Langkawi Declaration on the Environment, making environmental sustainability one of the Commonwealth's main priorities.

The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös (replacing the Hungarian People's Republic).

The Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314 others.