The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crush at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Police opened a gate to relieve pressure outside the ground, and the resulting influx of supporters into already full central pens of the standing terrace on the Leppings Lane end led to people being crushed against perimeter fencing. Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters died, making it the worst disaster in British stadium history. Police and some media initially blamed drunken, ticketless fans, an account later shown to be false. The Taylor Report of 1990 identified police failures as the main cause and led to the introduction of all-seater stadiums, and a jury in 2016 found that the victims had been unlawfully killed.
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- from 9 March 1989 to 27 April 1992Revolutions of 1989
- 12 March 1989World Wide Web
- 21 March 1989Basel Convention
- 9 April 1989April 9 tragedy
- 15 April 1989Hillsborough disaster
- from 26 April 1989 to 31 January 1996Premiere of Dragon Ball Z
- 1 May 1989Construction of Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
- 4 May 1989Launch of Magellan
- 16 June 1989Discovery of Proteus
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