August 16th, 1989
A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto s stock market. event on August 16, 1989. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around August 16, 1989
| August 18th, 1989 | Event | Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galan is assassinated near Bogota in Colombia. |
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