What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
The infamous fall of the Berlin Wall took place on the 9th of November, 1989. East and West Berliners had been protesting for decades, and on that day they were finally able to greet each other from the sides that had been separated for 28 years by this 155 kilometers long border. On midnight of that day, East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened. The crowds began to destroy the segments of the wall, climb on top of it and celebrate. Officially, demolition on the Wall began on June 13, 1990 and was completed in 1992.
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royalsfan
R Reagan had a lot to do with it, in fact he had a lot to do with bankrupting the ussr.
Lori Kincaid Robinson
I was there....
Fred Zeb Fudpucker
I was in West Germany in 1988 and my daughter was there as an exchange student in 1989 and got a piece of the wall. I know. Who cares, right? Put your thumbs away. LOL
David Grimsrud
I assume you are mentally ill
Dudley John Piggott
The fall of the Berlin Wall was also the inspiration for the Scorpions to compose "Wind of Change"
Lydia Coutts
Ben Totuous It astonishes me that some Americans (Republicans) think the word 'progressive' is bad and insulting. Do they think 'regressive' is a compliment? :-/
Ben Totuous
Hermanus Potgieter... BTW, calling me a liberal or leftist is a compliment. I would not vote for a Repukelickin EVER.
Lydia Coutts
Ben Totuous The Hoff claims credit for bringing the wall down and reuniting Germany. I am not making this up. Sod Trump, it's Hasselhoff you want in the White House.
Yes, as a socialist (even worse than a filthy liberal! Practically a communist!) I share your opinion of Führer Trump and his Neanderthal neo-fascist supporters. Their slogan should really be 'Make America white again!', but that would require some honesty. Ha!
Ben Totuous
Let nobody here try to perpetuate the ridiculous myth that Ronald Reagan had anything to do with it.
Ben Totuous
Rick Shomin, in your dreams. Drag in some crediblly sourced supporting information to support your laughable assertion. That means no wingnut rags. The fact is, the world laughed at Raygun. His pathetic acting gig in the White House was funnier than playing second fiddle to that chimp Bonzo.
Akeel1701
Aye but the first strike was in 1989
Susan Lake-Harris
Anybody remember the Hoff's contribution? A big concert.
Helga U. Williams
I had just returned from Berlin in September of 89. Unfortunately I was not there for the fall off the wall that night. Back in Berlin in early of 1990, we brought back "tons" of wall lol. Everybody back in US wanted a piece. We hammered and chiseled the pieces out ourselves. Naturally we only brought back wall with graffiti. Later on we found out that the wall was built with lots of asbestos, so we had to encapsulate our pieces. We also brought back Russian uniform hats and other items the Russian soldiers were freely selling.
As a Berliner, I know the financial problems the communist government had, but believe that Reagan's speech was very influential - definitely not the deciding factor though. The communist regime had to fall eventually. It was totally bankrupt. It was an example that communism does not work!!!
Wyla Reedy
I remember that you could buy a brick from the Wall on the Internet. Wow what a scam!
Ray Keller
I was in East Berlin the day before the official reunification, and helped to take down some of the Berlin wall.
Char
Lydia Coutts, In America at least 40%..I'm not one of them
Char
I thought that was right and yes it was..
Sian Kwa
Lori Kincaid Robinson, me too!
Dang wall was hard to take down!
docluci
Used a hint and it is good because my guess was a few years earlier
Dave Street
Ben Totuous, play nicely children
Corey Taylor
Dudley John Piggott, Great song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
Corey Taylor
Carole Truswell, Wrong, it fell November of 1989. I have a newspaper scan I can show you.
Corey Taylor
Ben Totuous, if you don't want him to eat your crap, Totuous, maybe you should QUIT SERVING IT!
Corey Taylor
Ben Totuous, GO TO HELL! If Reagan's work didn't tear down the wall, then who the hell are you giving the credit to? Carter? Nixon? Johnson!?
Corey Taylor
Lydia Coutts, Teddy Roosevelt was a Progressive who sent our Navy around the globe in a show of strength. Barack Obama is a Liberal who sold our arms to Muslims in an act of treason. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE!