Berlin Wall

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/08/1945	Berlin is Divided	World War II is over and Berlin is divided into 4 sectors: the American, British, French in the West and the Soviet in the East
06/30/1946	Line between East and West Germany	At the instigation of the Soviet Military administration the demarcation line between East and West Germany is safeguarded
10/29/1946	Interzonepass	A 30 day valid Interzonenpass is required to travel between the sectors in Germany
06/24/1948	Berlin Blockade	Begin of the Berlin blockade
06/25/1948	Berlin Airlift	Berlin Airlift begins
05/12/1949	End of Berlin Blockade	End of Berlin blockade
05/24/1949	Fed. Rep. Germany	Federal Republic of Germany is founded (West Germany)
09/30/1949	End of Berlin Airlift	End of Berlin Airlift
10/07/1949	German Dem. Rep.	German Democratic Republic is founded (East Germany)
05/26/1952	Border Closed	Border between East and West Germany and between East Germany and West Berlin is closed. Only the border between East and West Berlin is still opened
11/14/1953	Interzonepass Waived	The Western Powers waive the Interzonenpass, the Soviet Union follows but East German citizen need a permission to travel to the West
08/13/1961	Berlin Wall Built	The Berlin sectorial border between East and West Berlin is closed, barriers are built
06/26/1963	JFK visits Berlin	President J. F. Kennedy visits Berlin and says: "Ich bin ein Berliner." ("I am a Berliner.")
12/17/1963	Western Berliners able to visit East Berlin	West Berliner citizen may visit East Berlin the first time after more than two years
06/12/1987	Ronald Reagan visists Berlin	President Ronald Reagan visits Berlin and urges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
09/10/1989	Hungarian gov. opens border	Hungarian government opens border for East German refugees
11/09/1989	Berlin Wall opened	Berlin Wall is opened
10/03/1990	Germany Reunited	Germany is reunited
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
05/01/1945 to 12/05/1990	Berlin Wall