1980-1989: Ceaușescu, inspired by his visit to North Korea, leveled neighborhoods in Bucharest to begin creating the Civic Center district. This left tons of stray dogs to roam the streets.
Prices of goods and services continue to increase; initially, the plan was to have just one large increase for basic goods, but eventually, the decision taken was to increase prices gradually for all products.
The increase reached 35% in this year alone. Not only was energy usage restricted, but its price was increased as well: electricity was raised by 30% and natural gas by 150%.
October: The Central Committee approved a law on the participation of workers in the investment fund of state-owned companies.
Through this act, the workers were given the "right" (though in practice, it was mandatory) to invest their money and become theoretical co-owners of the company.
In practice, it meant a reduction in wages for workers, with part of their earnings given to the investment fund of the company.
December: A new reform of the salaries system was introduced, wherein part of the wages were to be paid to the workers only if the company achieved its goals.
Goals were not often met, so decreases in wages were typical.
Real incomes began to shrink not only due to inflation, but also due to the lack of availability of certain products, while the flourishing black market priced out most people.
November 17: Gheorghe Emil Ursu, a Romanian construction engineer and poet, dies after being beaten for weeks by police. Securitate discovered his diary, which contained poems by Nina Cassian critiquing Ceaucescu, after raiding his home.
The church bishops secretly elect Bishop Alexandru Todea leader of the church with the rank of Metropolitan (context: there are six Metropolitan divisions in Romania).
Romani activist Ion Cioaba is jailed and tortured on alleged charges of cheating the government on a copper contract.
November 24: Ceausescu is unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief.
December 16-17: Demonstrations occur in Timișoara in support of Hungarian priest Lazlo Tokes to protect him from arrest or relocation to a rural parish by the government. While Ceaucescu is in Iran, 118 demonstrators are shot.
December 21: Ceaucescu’s speech in Bucharest is shouted down; shootings begin.
December 22: Ceaucescu escapes, and the Army aligns with the people. The Romanian TV Station is occupied by Rebels. The National Salvation Front is formed; shootings continue.
December 25: The Ceaucescus are captured, tried by military tribunal, & shot.
January-February: Demonstrations both for and against the Front and Iliescu take place.
January 8: Military tribunals in Romania began trials of Securitate accused of resisting the revolution that toppled Ceausescu.
January 27: 4 top associates of Ceausescu, charged with abetting genocide are tried.
March: Several people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians in the Transylvanian city of Targu Mures.
March 5: Workers in Bucharest succeeded in removing a 25-foot, seven-ton bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin from its foundation.
March 3-7: Caryl Churchill & Mark Wing-Davey travel with acting students to Romania.
March 31-April 7: Churchill, Davey, and their Central School acting students work with students at Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Cinema.
May: Anti-Front demonstrator block center of Bucharest.
May 20: Iliescu and the Front win the majority vote during the 1990 election.
May 21: Rehearsals begin for Mad Forest.
June: Miners, transported into Bucharest in government vehicles, destroyed hundreds of Interior Ministry files.
Over the next 2 years, more organized mobs of coal miners entered Bucharest 4 more times to clash with student leaders and opposition politicians. Additional anti-government protests leave 6 people dead.
June 13: Mad Forest opens at Central School; Miners enter Bucharest to crush Anti-Front demonstrations.
December 25: Romania’s former monarch, King Michael, arrives for his first visit to the country since Communist rulers forced him to abdicate in 1947. He and his company were stopped by tanks and forced to leave the country less than 12 hours later.
September 24: 5,000 coal miners led by Miron Cozma rampaged through Bucharest leaving 3 dead and ~300 injured. This prompted Iliescu’s first Prime Minister, Petre Roman, to resign.
The Vatican promoted Metropolitan Alexandru Todea to the rank of Cardinal.
June 2: Andrei Ivantoc, of the Popular Moldovan Front (which called for the reunification of Moldova and Romania), is arrested by separatist authorities of Trans-Dniester. A year later he and the 3 others were sentenced on charges of committing terrorist acts against citizens of Trans-Dniester.
September: Ion Cioaba had himself crowned as King of the Gypsies in front of 5,000 followers.
November 18: Iliescu’s final Prime Minister, Nicolae Vacaroiu, begins his term in office.
1995: The capital is Bucharest. National Day is December 1. The average monthly wage is $150 ($313.13 in 2020). The government plans to adopt new taxes to reduce imports and support the national currency.
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