Deaths on May 23

Georgy Tovstonogov

Died on May 23, 1989

Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)

Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov (Russian: Георгий Александрович Товстоногов, 28 September [O.S. 15 September] 1915 – 23 May 1989) was a Russian-Georgian theatre director.

He was the leader of the Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater which was renamed after him in 1992.

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Events on 1989

15 Apr

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
26 Apr

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests
27 Apr

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
20 May

Tiananmen Square massacre
The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
5 Jun

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Deaths on May 23

Georgy Tovstonogov

Died on May 23, 1989

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Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Tiananmen Square massacre

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989