The following events occured in the year 1989:
Events
- Bill Weasley finishes Hogwarts
- Cedric Diggory, Fred Weasley and George Weasley start their first year at Hogwarts.
- Luna Lovegood's mother is killed by a spell that went badly wrong.
Muggle events
- Soviet forces withdraw from Afghanistan.
- The Berlin Wall falls.
- Communist regimes in Eastern Europe collapse.
- Pro-Democracy demonstrators are massacred by the Chinese government in Tiananmen Square.
- 23rd July: Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays Harry Potter, is born to Marcia and Alan Radcliffe.
See also
| 1980s 1986 1987 1988 - 1989 |