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| 1984 |
| | | Sikh rebels, demanding an independent Punjab, seize the Golden Temple in Amritsar | |
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| 1984 |
| | | Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi uses the army to dislodge militant Sikhs occupying the Golden Temple in Amritsar | |
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| 1986 |
| | | The Rwandan Patriotic Front is formed, by a group of exiles, to bring about the downfall of Habyarimana's regime in Rwanda | |
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| 1987 |
| | | An Intifada begins against Israeli occupation of Palestinian land | |
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| 1987 |
| | | Hamas (acronym in Arabic for 'Movement for Islamic Resistance') is founded in the occupied territories to lead armed resistance against Israel | |
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| c. 1988 |
| | | Osama bin Laden's involvement in the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan leads to his development of al-Qaeda | |
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| 1989 |
| | | Students, teachers and workers gather in large numbers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demand democratic reform | |
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| 1989 |
| | | The crowd demonstrating on Beijing's Tiananmen Square swells to more than a million | |
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| 1989 |
| | | Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany since 1971, is forced to resign after massive popular demonstrations | |
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| 1989 |
| | | Citizens of East Berlin demolish the Berlin Wall, in what proves a symbolic end to the Cold War | |
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