1980s By lmar5450 May 11, 1982 Ronald Reagan visits Berlin Wall Jan 9, 1984 West Berlin BVG takes over the running of the S-bahn commuter rail lines it had been under control of the communist Deutsch Reichsbahn Apr 5, 1986 A bomb explosion kills three people two are US soldiers, in a Berlin disco 1987 Ronald Reagan wants to take the Berlin Wall down He made a speech on his second visit to the wall demanding that is come down 1989 East German government under increasing pressure to reform Aug 19, 1989 GDR refugees cross the Hungarian-Austrian border at Soporn Period: Nov 7, 1989 to Nov 8, 1989 GDR government & SED Politburo members resign Nov 9, 1989 East German spokesman announces that citizens of the German Democratic Republic will now be permitted to travel 1990 Artists gather to create east side gallery
