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1989 was the year that hundreds of students were killed during demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez caused one of the largest environmental pollution episodes in history; the Berlin Wall was demolished; and Vaclav Havel and his followers installed a new, democratic government in Czechoslovakia.


Significant Book of 1989:
Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day

BOOK Stevens, the perfect English butler, looks back on his years of impeccable service at Darlington Hall, where Lord Darlington seemed to exercise great influence. Only gradually does he realize that his employer was a mere pawn for the Nazis, and his own dignity, an excuse for cowardice.

  Significant Music of 1989:
 The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique

BOOK The Beastie Boys took a great leap forward for rap, unveiling their sampling masterpiece, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE. While the album failed to make a dent in the charts, its urbane raps and layered-sonic tapestry shaped DJ tastes right up to the millennium.




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