Week of June 1-4, 1989
First speaker in history forced out of office -
Jim
Wright
(D-Tex.) announces that he will resign from
the House. His resignation ends year-long Ethics
Committee inquiries that produced 69 charges of
rules violations against the Speaker, clearing the way
for election of Majority Leader Tom Foley.
Thousands of soldiers begin using tear gas at student
protesters at Tian An Men Square. A crowd protected
students camped in the square, who numbered about
5,000 and also, trying to prevent destruction of a 30-foot-high “Goddess of
democracy,” modeled after he statue of Liberty.
Chinese troops of the People’s Liberation
Army open fire in Beijing’s
Tian An Men
Square
on crowds of civilians- killing at least
100.. The government felt it had to overwhelm
the students and other demonstrators who had
challenged the power and legitimacy of the
Deng Xiaoping regime.
Convoys with tanks are sent into Beijing, firing
into the air to reinforce the army’s hold on Tian
An Men Square.
Former White House secretary Fawn Hall tells
the Drug Enforcement Administration that she
used cocaine many times during a three-year
period when she held sensitive jobs on the
National Security Council staff and at the
Pentagon.
Passing - Fiery Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini (86).
At a speaking engagement, Nancy Reagan said “there were things I longed to
say for those eight years” in the White House. “I don’t mind telling you it was very
frustrating.”
Entertainment news -
New baby boy for Michael J. Fox and Tracy Polan - Sam Michael.
