Lake Geneva Local History Series - Back to the Future - 1989 in review

Spend this winter getting better acquainted with the past.  The Wisconsin Historical Society presents a six-week-long series focused on the local history of Geneva Lake.  This program will help participants get a better understanding of the rich and varied history of the region during the grand resort era (the 1180s - 1920s).  Instructors are from the Society's Black Point Estate and Gardens location.

March 1st - Back to the Future - 1989 in Review

1989 was a turning point in political history with the

"Revolutions of 1989" sweeping the Eastern Block, starting

in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing

coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in

November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the

overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in

December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the

dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against

communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly

succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the

Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest

in Beijing. The first commercial internet service providers

surfaced during this year as well as the first written proposal

for the World Wide Web. The world would never be the

same.