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The beginning of the end for communism in Eastern Europe.
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Communism falls in Poland
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In a period of nepotism, rampant inflation, and stifling authoritatian rule, Chinese college students took to Tiananmen Square in Beijing after the death of refomer and former Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang.
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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) under the command of Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping massacres countless Chinese protesters in and around Tiananmen Square.
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Democratic elections are established.
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The Republic of Hungary was declared.
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After 28 years of division in post-World War II Germany, the Berlin Wall is demolished.
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Long time leader Todor Zhivkov is ousted by the Politburo.
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Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were captured, put on trial, and put to death on the spot.
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Czechoslovakia experiences the fall of communism after the peacful Velvet Revolution.
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Yugoslavia broke up into Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Servia and Montenegro.
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The Soviet Union was dissolved into fifiteen countries.
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Communist leaders are trumped in national elections.
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Czechoslovakia was peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Began with the self-immolation and Mohammed Bouazizi and ended with the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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Protesters occupy Tahrir Square in Cairo. Long-time President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, and the government is still in transition.
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Protesters take to the streets of Sana'a na protest corruption, inflation, and unemployement. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down.
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Protests begin in Bahrain and are ongoing.
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The government of Mummar Gaddafi was overthrown. Gaddhafi himself was killed.
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The Syrian uprsing begins with the same grievances that inspired Arab Spring.
