THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 9
November 9 in history
What happened on November 9: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1938 and 1989, each linked to the map that shows it.
Kristallnacht: synagogues burn across Germany while police watch. Fifty-one years later to the day, the Berlin Wall falls.
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— Fall of the Berlin Wall
9 Nov 1989 — A bungled press conference — “immediately, without delay” — sends East Berlin to the checkpoints. The guards, unordered, open the gates. The Cold War’s symbol comes down by accident, on live TV.
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