East Germany opens its border crossings, beginning the end of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War division of Europe.
The 37th anniversary falls on November 9, 2026.
Politics · November 9, 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall
36 years ago · Berlin, Germany
36th anniversary
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1934–1996Carl Sagan
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1877–1938Muhammad Iqbal
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1841–1910Edward VII
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1929–2016Imre Kertész
LiteratureWould be 96
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