Berlin Wall falls
November 9, 1989
At an East Berlin press conference, a flustered official misread a note and said travel restrictions were lifted, effective immediately. Crowds poured toward the checkpoints. Guards, bewildered, raised the barriers. Young Germans climbed atop the wall in the floodlights, chipping and dancing. The Cold War was ending before everyone's eyes.
In context
Also in 1989 (8 other events on record)
- Berners-Lee proposes the Web · Europe · Technology
- Tiananmen Square massacre · East Asia · Politics
- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan · Central Asia · War
- Beginning of Tiananmen protests · East Asia · Politics
- Velvet Revolution begins in Prague · Europe · Politics
- Ceausescu executed · Europe · Politics
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