Editing 1989 (section)

=== July ===
* [[July 2]] – [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]], resigns; a new government is formed under [[Tzannis Tzannetakis]].
* [[July 5]]
** [[State President of South Africa]] [[P. W. Botha]] meets the imprisoned 70-year-old [[Nelson Mandela]] face-to-face for the first time.
** The television sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]'' premieres in the United States.
* [[July 6]] – The [[Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack]], the first [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[suicide attack]] on [[Israel]], takes place.
* [[July 8]] – 110 Furs representatives, 110 Arabs, and 21 mediators signed a Reconciliation Agreement in [[al-Fashir]]. End of the [[War of the Tribes]] in [[Sudan]].
* [[July 9]]–[[July 12|12]] – U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] travels to [[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]] and [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]], pushing for U.S. economic aid and investment.
* [[July 10]] – Approximately 300,000 [[Siberia]]n coal miners go on strike, demanding better living conditions and less bureaucracy; it is the largest Soviet labour strike since the 1920s.
* [[July 12]]
** In the [[Republic of Ireland]], the [[Taoiseach]] [[Charles Haughey]] returns to power after Fianna Fáil forms a coalition with the [[Progressive Democrats]].
** [[Lotte World]], a major recreation complex in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], is opened to the public, containing the world's largest indoor amusement park.<ref>{{cite news|title=adventure.lotteworld.com|url=http://adventure.lotteworld.com/eng/main/index.do|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=August 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831102759/https://adventure.lotteworld.com/eng/main/index.do|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 14]] – France celebrated the 200th anniversary of the [[French Revolution]], notably with a monumental show on the [[Champs-Élysées]] in Paris, directed by French designer [[Jean-Paul Goude]]. President [[François Mitterrand]] acted as host for invited world leaders.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/07/15/french-shoot-the-works-with-soaring-bicentennial-french/|title=French Shoot The Works With Soaring Bicentennial French|last=Longworth|first=R.C.|date=15 July 1989|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712221335/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-07-15/news/8902170553_1_bicentennial-bastille-day-president-francois-mitterrand|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 14]]–[[July 16|16]] – At the [[15th G7 summit]], leaders call for restrictions on gas emissions.
* [[July 17]]
** The [[Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit]] [[stealth bomber]] makes its first flight, in the United States.
** [[Holy See–Poland relations]]: Poland and the [[Holy See|Vatican]] re-establish diplomatic relations after approximately fifty years.
* [[July 18]] – Actress [[Rebecca Schaeffer]] is murdered by an obsessed fan, leading to stricter stalking laws in California.
* [[July 19]]
** [[1989 Polish presidential election]]: The [[National Assembly of the Republic of Poland]] elects General [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]] to the restored and powerful post of [[President of Poland]].
** [[United Airlines Flight 232]] ([[Douglas DC-10]]) crashes in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], killing 112; 184 on board survive.
** The first national park in the Netherlands is established on [[Schiermonnikoog National Park|Schiermonnikoog]].
* [[July 20]] – [[Burma|Burmese]] opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] is placed under house arrest. She is released in [[2010]].
* [[July 23]]
** [[1989 Japanese House of Councillors election]]: Japan's ruling [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] loses control of the [[House of Councillors]], the LDP's worst electoral showing in 34 years, leading to Prime Minister Uno announcing he will resign to take responsibility for the result.
** [[Giulio Andreotti]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Italy]].
* [[July 26]] – A federal [[grand jury]] indicts [[Cornell University]] student [[Robert Tappan Morris]] for releasing a [[computer virus]], making him the first person to be prosecuted under the United States' [[1986]] [[Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]].
* [[July 27]] – In the largest prison sentence to date, Thai financial scammer Mae [[Chamoy Thipyaso]] and her accomplices are each sentenced to 141,078 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|title=Madoff's sentence: big, but not 141,078 years|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2009/0629/madoffs-sentence-big-but-not-141078-years|date=June 29, 2009|first=Laurent|last=Belsie|work=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-date=January 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101140208/http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2009/0629/madoffs-sentence-big-but-not-141078-years|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – At the [[1989 Iranian presidential election|Iranian presidential election]], electors overwhelmingly elect [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]] as [[President of Iran]] and endorse changes to the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran]], increasing the powers of the president.
* [[July 31]]
** In [[Lebanon]], [[Hezbollah]] announces that it has hanged [[U.S. Marine]] Lt. Col. [[William R. Higgins]] in retaliation for Israel's July 28 kidnapping of Hezbollah leader [[Abdel Karim Obeid]]. The same day, the [[United Nations Security Council]] passes [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 638]], condemning the taking of hostages by both sides in the conflict.
** [[Nintendo]] releases the [[Game Boy]] portable video game system in North America.