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  1. New York Stock Exchange

    "SELL WELCOME"

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

    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%.

  2. Apple Inc.

    Macintosh Portable

    Wednesday Sep 20, 1989U.S.

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

  3. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Demand additional cleanup of the Chernobyl disaster site

    Saturday Sep 30, 1989Minsk, Belarus

    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.

  4. New York Stock Exchange

    "SELL WELCOME"

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

    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%.

  5. Apple Inc.

    Macintosh Portable

    Wednesday Sep 20, 1989U.S.

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

  6. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Demand additional cleanup of the Chernobyl disaster site

    Saturday Sep 30, 1989Minsk, Belarus

    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.