fall of the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 during the Peaceful Revolution, marking the beginning of the destruction of the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned deconstruction began the following June.
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Which happened first?
- fall of the Berlin Wall and April 9 tragedy happened in the same year
- fall of the Berlin Wall and Hillsborough disaster happened in the same year
- fall of the Berlin Wall and Heisei era happened in the same year
- fall of the Berlin Wall and Gagauz Republic happened in the same year
- fall of the Berlin Wall happened 1 year before Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
Timeline
- April 9 tragedyApril 9, 1989
- fall of the Berlin Wall (this page)November 9, 1989
- Gagauz RepublicNovember 12, 1989 – January 14, 1995
- Heisei eraJanuary 8, 1989 – April 30, 2019
- Hillsborough disasterApril 15, 1989
- Czech and Slovak Federal RepublicApril 23, 1990 – December 31, 1992
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