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December 27, 1989

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Upheaval in the East: The Baltics; GORBACHEV AGREES TO GO TO LITHUANIA ON SECESSION MOVE

By Esther B. Fein, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: President Mikhail S. Gorbachev has decided to go to Lithuania soon to consult with rank-and-file Communist Party members about the Lithuanian party's decision to break from Moscow, several people who attended an emergency party meeting here said today. The two-day meeting of the national party leadership ended without agreement on how to address the problem.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 27, 1989, covering December 27, 1989.

  1. 1
    Album cover for ...But Seriously by Phil Collins

    ...But Seriously

    Phil Collins

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli

    Girl You Know It's True

    Milli Vanilli

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    41
  3. 3
    Album cover for Storm Front by Billy Joel

    Storm Front

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

    Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

    Janet Jackson

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul

    Forever Your Girl

    Paula Abdul

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    76

Notable Births

1989Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player[†]

Ingrid Esperanza Várgas Calvo is a Peruvian former tennis player.

Historical Events

Romanian revolution

1989The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.[†]

The Romanian revolution was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily within the Eastern Bloc. The Romanian revolution started in the city of Timișoara and soon spread throughout the country, ultimately culminating in the drumhead trial and execution of longtime Romanian Communist Party (PCR) General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena, and the end of 42 years of Communist rule in Romania. It was also the last removal of a Marxist–Leninist government in a Warsaw Pact country during the events of 1989, and the only one that violently overthrew a country's leadership and executed its leader; according to estimates, over one thousand people died and thousands more were injured.

Historical Context for December 27, 1989

In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]