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  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 14, 1989
    New York Stock Exchange

    "SELL WELCOME"

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 14, 1989

    In 1989, On September 14, seven members of ACT-UP, The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, entered the NYSE and protested by chaining themselves to the balcony overlooking the trading floor and unfurling a banner, "SELL WELCOME," in reference to drug manufacturer Burroughs Wellcome. Following the protest, Burroughs Wellcome reduced the price of AZT (a drug used by people living with HIV and AIDS) by over 30%.




  • U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 20, 1989
    Apple Inc.

    Macintosh Portable

    U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 20, 1989

    The Macintosh Portable is a portable computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from September 1989 to October 1991.




  • Minsk, Belarus
    Saturday Sep 30, 1989
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Demand additional cleanup of the Chernobyl disaster site

    Minsk, Belarus
    Saturday Sep 30, 1989

    On September 30, 1989, thousands of Byelorussians, denouncing local leaders, marched through Minsk to demand additional cleanup of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster site in Ukraine.




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