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Historic Events
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin, Germany · 9 Nov 1989
After a misannounced press conference, crowds flooded the border crossings and tore down the concrete and barbed-wire barrier that had divided Berlin since 1961 — the symbolic end of the Cold War in Europe.
Key specifications
Date
9 NOV 1989
Length
155 km
Stood
28 yrs
Checkpoints
9
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