1989 in Romania explained
This is a list of 1989 events that occurred in Romania.
Incumbents
Nicolae Ceaușescu (until 22 December),[1] Ion Iliescu (starting 26 December)[2]
Constantin Dăscălescu (until 25 December), Petre Roman (starting 26 December)
Events
March
April
May
September
- 10 September - A Romanian cruiser carrying 179 people collides with a Bulgarian tugboat on the Danube, near Galați. Only 18 people are rescued from the cruiser.
November
- 20-25 November - The 14th party congress takes place.
- 23 November – During the XIV Congress of the RCP, first shift workers from Timișoara Mechanical Works try to organize a revolt against the communist regime. Their movement is quelled by the Securitate organs.
- 24 November – Nicolae Ceaușescu, the sole candidate for the communist party's leadership, is unanimously re-elected by the Central Committee[5] as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party.[6] [7] [8]
December
See also: Romanian Revolution.
- 15 December - Demonstrators in Timișoara try perventing the arrest of Protestant clergyman László Tőkés.
- 16 December – The Romanian Revolution begins in Timișoara when rioters break into the Committee Building and cause extensive vandalism. Their attempts to set the buildings on fire are foiled by military units.
- 17 December - Nicolae Ceaușescu orders troops to fire on a crowd of protesters in Timișoara.
- 19 December - Parts of Romania are reported to be under virtual martial law by Reuter.[9]
- 20 December – A general strike breaks out in all the factories in Timișoara. Timișoara is declared the first city free of communism in Romania.
- 21 December
- A huge rally in Bucharest turns into chaos as firecrackers explode at the periphery of the gathering. Soldiers, tanks, APCs, officers and Securitate officers dressed in civilian clothes crack on demonstrators, leaving casualties and significant material damage.
- Peaceful demonstrators in Arad, Brăila, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Hunedoara, Sibiu and Timișoara are shot dead by Securitate officers.
- 22 December – Army units defect to the side of the demonstrators while the Ceaușescus flee and the Council of the National Salvation Front announces that it has overthrown the government.
- 23 December - The Ceaușescu spouses are reported to have been captured.
- 31 December – The Decree-Law no. 8 of 31 December 1989 issued by NSFC reintroduces the political pluralism in Romania.
Births
- 14 January – Dima Trofim, singer and former member of Lala Band
- 28 January – Ruby, singer
- 29 January – Adriana Țăcălie, handball player
- 25 March – Andrei Leonte, singer and songwriter
- 12 April – Antonia Iacobescu, singer and model
- 18 May – Alexandru Chipciu, footballer (FC Steaua București)
- 27 May – Doru Bratu, footballer (FC Steaua București)
- 5 June – Roxana Cocoș, Olympic weightlifter
- 10 June – Alexandra Stan, singer
- 28 June – Bogdan Stancu, footballer (Gençlerbirliği S.K.)
- 15 September – Steliana Nistor, former artistic gymnast[12]
- 3 November – Sore Mihalache, singer and former member of Lala Band
- 7 November – Jimmy Dub, singer
- 14 November
- 22 November – Gabriel Torje, footballer (RCD Espanyol)
Deaths
January
- 5 January – Philip Herschkowitz, composer and musicologist (b. 1906)
- 6 January –, accordionist (b. 1926)
- 10 January – Chris Avram, actor (b. 1931)
- 15 January –, footballer (b. 1960)
- 23 January –, geographer, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1905)
March
- 2 March – Liviu Cornel Babeș, electrician and painter (b. 1942)
- 6 March –, writer and historian (b. 1912)
- 22 March –, lieutenant colonel in World War II (b. 1908)
- 25 March
- , documentary filmmaker (b. 1930)
- Radu-Eugeniu Gheorghiu, composer and instrumentist (b. 1915)
- 29 March – Nicolae Steinhardt, Orthodox hermit and writer (b. 1912)
April
- 2 April –, journalist and television producer (b. 1926)
- 8 April – Horia Demian, basketball player (b. 1942)
- 19 April – Iosif Keber, painter (b. 1897)
- 20 April
- Constantin Celăreanu, aviator in World War II (b. 1890)
- Doru Davidovici, aviator and writer (b. 1945)
- 23 April – Ioniță G. Andron, photographic artist, Greek Catholic theologian and lawyer (b. 1917)
May
- 2 or 3 May –, writer (b. 1960)
- 5 May –, popular music violinist (b. 1922)
- 11 May –, sculptor (b. 1922)
- 29 May –, film director (b. 1933)
June
- 2 June –, lăutar instrumentist (b. 1931)
- 20 June –, poet and political prisoner (b. 1914)
- 30 June
July
August
- 30 August – Costin Murgescu, economist, jurist, journalist and diplomat (b. 1919)
- 31 August –, theatre and film critic (b. 1942)
September
- 17 September – Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu, philosopher and writer (b. 1919)[13]
- 21 September –, actor (b. 1941)
- 29 September –, journalist, writer and anthologist (b. 1922)
October
- 7 October –, actor (b. 1912)
- 15 October – Paul Georgescu, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
November
- 1 November – Mihaela Runceanu, singer and vocal techniques teacher (b. 1955)
- 19 November –, actor (b. 1926)
- 25 November –, writer, sociologist and historian (b. 1913)
- 28 November
December
- 12 December –, chemist, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1910)
- 17 December
- 18 December –, writer (b. 1899)
- 19 December –, writer (b. 1914)
- 20 December –, medical doctor, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 1927)
- 22 December – Vasile Milea, politician and general officer (b. 1927)[14]
- 23 December
- , general officer (birth date unknown)
- , general officer (b. 1919)
- 25 December
- 27 December –, actor (b. 1922)
- 28 December
Full date unknown
- , stomatologist (b. 1907)
- , romance and tango singer (b. 1911)
References
Bibliography
- Book: Britannica Book of the Year 1990 . Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. . 1990 . 0-85229-522-7 . 0068-1156 . .
Notes and References
- Grosescu, R. (2004). The Political Regrouping of Romanian Nomenklatura during the 1989 Revolution. Romanian Journal of Society and Politics, 4(1), 97-123.
- Web site: Ion Iliescu . 5 April 2022 . Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Web site: 1989-04-23 . Romania Pays Off Its Debts But Problems Linger . 2023-01-14 . . Vienna.
- News: 1989-04-24 . Romania pays off huge debt but problems linger on . 6 . . Associated Press.
- Web site: 1989-11-24 . WORLD : Unopposed Ceausescu Reelected . 2023-01-14 . Los Angeles Times.
- News: 1989-11-25 . Ceausescu re-elected . 12 . . Associated Press.
- Web site: 2022-11-14 . Today in History: November 24, Ruby shoots Oswald . 2023-01-14 . Associated Press.
- News: Battiata . Mary . 1989-11-25 . ISOLATED CEAUSESCU IS REELECTED . 2023-01-14 . . Bucharest.
- News: 1989-12-20 . Virtual martial law in Romania . 24 . . Reuter.
- News: 27 December 1989 . Television shows last hours of the 'anti-Christ' . The Guardian .
- News: Demian . Sînziana . 25 December 2009 . In Romania, Ceaușescu's death haunts Christmas . Global Post . . .
- Web site: "Bio of gymnast Steliana Nistor by Amy Van Deusen" . 27 August 2022 . 6 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906142826/http://gymnastics.about.com/od/athletestowatch/p/StelianaNistor.htm . dead .
- Web site: Sîrbu, Ion Desideriu. ro. Cluj County Library. www.bjc.ro. February 18, 2024.
- Flavius Cristian Marcau, "Revolution of 1989: Milea's Suicide", University of Târgu Jiu, Letter and Social Science Series, Issue 4, 2013, Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- News: Boyes . Roger . 24 December 2009 . Ceausescu looked in my eyes and he knew that he was going to die . . London . subscription . 20 May 2010.