π The Berlin Wall opens (1989)
Where: Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
π On This Day: November 9
November 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall opens. On this night in 1989, the gates in the wall that had divided Berlin into East and West for 28 years were opened. People climbed onto the wall to sing and hugged family and friends they had been kept apart from. The Brandenburg Gate became the scene of a joyful celebration.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1934 π¬ Astronomer Carl Sagan was born in New York. He helped send the Golden Record into space on the Voyager probes and made the TV series Cosmos.
- 1936 πΏ In Sichuan, China, fashion designer Ruth Harkness found a baby giant panda. Named Su Lin, he became the first live giant panda taken to the United States. Giant panda β
- 1967 π NASA launched Apollo 4 on the very first Saturn V rocket. The uncrewed test proved the giant rocket was ready to take astronauts to the Moon. Kennedy Space Center β
π§ Question of the day
For how many years did the wall divide Berlin?
- 100 years
- 28 years
- 5 years
Show the answer
Answer: 28 years
π Landmarks that opened on November 9
Questions
What happened on November 9?
November 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall opens. It happened in Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.
Which landmarks opened on November 9?
ICONSIAM (opened 2018).
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