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Fall of the Berlin Wall

Took place on November 9, 1989

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37th anniversary next

The 37th anniversary falls on November 9, 2026, in 16 days.

East Germany opens its border crossings, beginning the end of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War division of Europe.

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1890–1970

Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and its puppet state of Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in…

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1934–1996

Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan (SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.

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1869–1940

Neville Chamberlain

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1877–1938

Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was an Islamic philosopher and poet.

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