Events from the year 1989 in Czechoslovakia. The year was marked by the Velvet Revolution, which started with student demonstrations on 17 November. It ended with the resignation of the President and Prime Minister, the end of the dominance of the Communist Party and the election of the Václav Havel, the first President of free Czechoslovakia.
10 December – President Gustáv Husák swears in a new cabinet, the first without a majority from the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia since the 1948 coup d'état, and then immediately resigns.[2]
14 December – New foreign minister Jiri Dienstbier declares that the agreement for Soviet troops to be stationed in Czechoslovakia is invalid.[2]
21 March – Jarmila Jeřábková, dancer, choreographer and teacher (born 1912).[14]
21 December – Ján Cikker, composer (born 1911).[15]
References
Citations
^ a b c dBell 2002, p. 206.
^ a b c dKirkpatrick 1990, p. 308.
^Bell 2002, p. 211.
^Barrett 1990, p. 148.
^Kirkpatrick 1990, p. 307.
^Kirkpatrick 1990, p. 298.
^Gokay 2013, p. 80.
^Monaco & Pallot 1991, p. 114.
^Gály 2006, p. 151.
^Guild of Czechoslovak Composers 1989, p. 8.
^The International Who's Who 1997, p. 126.
^Kopal, Jiří. "Medaile Za zásluhy pro Jana Horala, nositele Ceny města Český Krumlov" [Medal of Merit for Jan Horal, winner of the City of Český Krumlov Award]. kuryr.in. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022.
Bell, Imogen, ed. (2002). Central and South-East Europe 2003. London: Europa Publications. ISBN978-1-85743-136-0.
Guild of Czechoslovak Composers (1989). Music News from Prague. Prague: Český Hudební Fond.
Gály, Tamara Archleb, ed. (2006). The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks: A Concise Encyclopaedia. Bratislava: Encyclopaedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. ISBN978-8-02240-925-4.
Gokay, Bulent (2013). Eastern Europe Since 1970. London: Routledge. ISBN978-0-58232-858-7.
Holeňová, Jana (2001). Český Taneční Slovník: Tanec, Balet, Pantomima [Czech Dance Dictionary: Dance, Ballet and Pantomime]. Prague: Divadelní ústav. ISBN978-8-07008-112-9.
Kirkpatrick, Jeannie (1990). The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State And Other Surprises. Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute. ISBN978-0-84473-728-7.
Monaco, James; Pallot, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN978-0-39951-604-7.
The International Who's Who: 1997–98. London: Europa Publications. 1997. ISBN978-1-85743-022-6.