Velvet Revolution begins in Prague
November 17, 1989
A student march in Prague was beaten by riot police, and Czechoslovakia erupted. Within ten days the Communist Party had given up its monopoly on power. A dissident playwright named Vaclav Havel, who had been in prison in the spring, was president by the end of December. The revolution earned its nickname for its bloodlessness.
In context
Also in 1989 (8 other events on record)
- Berners-Lee proposes the Web · Europe · Technology
- Berlin Wall falls · Europe · Politics
- Tiananmen Square massacre · East Asia · Politics
- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan · Central Asia · War
- Beginning of Tiananmen protests · East Asia · Politics
- Ceausescu executed · Europe · Politics
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