On This Day - What happened 18 May 1989 AD

Zidane made his professional debut with Cannes on 18 May 1989 in a French Division 1 match against Nantes.

Li Peng met with students for the first time on 18 May in an attempt to placate public concern over the hunger strike. Li Peng said the government's main concern was sending hunger strikers to hospital. The discussions were confrontational and yielded little substantive progress or dialogue, but gained student leaders prominent airtime on national television.