Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago
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1989: Day by Day
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9th December 1989
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Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the Communist Party faces the threat of extinction.
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8th December 1989
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East Germany elects a new leader amid fears the country is sliding into lawlessness.
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7th December 1989
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The Czech prime minister Ladislav Adamec resigns.
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6th December 1989
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East Germany's leader Egon Krenz resigns.
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5th December 1989
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Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge.
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Czechoslovakia's first non-communist majority government in 41 years is sworn in.
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