On This Day - What happened 10 December 1989 AD

On December 10, 1989, the first officially sanctioned observance of International Human Rights Day was held in Lviv.

On the morning of 10 December 1989, the first open pro-democracy public demonstration occurred in front of the Youth Cultural Center in Ulaanbaatar. There, Elbegdorj announced the creation of the Mongolian Democratic Union. There the Democratic Union-first pro-democracy movement in Mongolia was born.