1989
ID: 2059
FBI raids BNL-Atlanta revealing massive Iraq loans; Berlin Wall falls
ID: 2059
1989
ID: 2060
Berlin Wall falls - German strategic planning for reunification already complete
ID: 2060
1989
ID: 2061
Malta Summit - Bush Sr. (German intelligence connections) negotiates Soviet withdrawal
ID: 2061
1989
ID: 2062
German reunification process begins
ID: 2062
1989
ID: 2063
Savings and Loan crisis devastates banking - over 1,000 institutions fail
ID: 2063
1989
ID: 2064
Tim Berners-Lee invents World Wide Web using mathematical hypertext theory
ID: 2064
1989
ID: 2065
The Exxon Valdez oil spill increases pressure for environmental responsibility
ID: 2065
1989
ID: 2066
High-temperature superconducting ceramics first commercialized for limited applications
ID: 2066
1989
ID: 2067
Two-dose measles schedule implemented
ID: 2067
1989
ID: 4501
Vaughan Jones discovers new polynomial invariant for knots
ID: 4501
1989
ID: 4553
Witten connects Chern-Simons theory to Jones polynomial - quantum field theory computes knot invariants
ID: 4553
1989
ID: 4373
February 1989
Will Wright releases SimCity - city simulation game demonstrates power of personal computers for complex modeling
ID: 4373
1989
ID: 4392
February 1989
Intel introduces i860 RISC processor - 'Cray on a chip' for graphics, limited commercial success
ID: 4392
1989
ID: 4372
April 1989
Intel releases 80486 - integrates CPU, FPU, and cache on single chip, 1.2 million transistors
ID: 4372