What happened March 1989AD

On 3 March 1989, the Presidency of Yugoslavia imposed special measures assigning responsibility for public security to the federal government.

On March 4, 1989, the Memorial Society, committed to honoring the victims of Stalinism and cleansing society of Soviet practices, was founded in Kiev. A public rally was held the next day.

On 10 March 1989, the Vojvodina Assembly approved the constitutional amendments.

Meanwhile, Hillsborough was accepted as the FA Cup semi-final venue on 20 March 1989 by the Football Association.

On 23 March, the Assembly of Kosovo voted to accept the proposed amendments although most Albanian delegates abstained.

On 23 March 1989, the Kosovo Assembly approved the constitutional amendments.

Police presence at the previous year's FA Cup semi-final (also between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest and also at Hillsborough Stadium) had been overseen by Chief Superintendent Brian L. Mole. Mole had supervised numerous police deployments at the stadium in the past. In October 1988 a probationary PC in Mole's F division, South Yorkshire was handcuffed, photographed, and stripped by fellow officers in a fake robbery, as a hazing prank. Four officers resigned and seven were disciplined over the incident. Chief Superintendent Mole himself was to be transferred to the Barnsley division for "career development reasons". The transfer was to be done with immediate effect on 27 March 1989.

On 28 March 1989, the Serbian Assembly approved the constitutional amendments.