1989: Romania

Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.

The year 1989 may be remembered as the most disastrous for Romania since the end of World War II. The repressive political, economic, cultural, and social policies of President Nicolae Ceausescu (as party general secretary since 1965, the second-longest-ruling Communist leader, after Fidel Castro)... ...