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Soviet union cuts off all land and transit routes running between Berlin and West Germany.
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On May 23, The Federal Republic of Germany is founded.
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Soviet Union lifts the blockade, but airlift continues until September.
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The famous Workers Revolt of June 17 takes place all across East Germany. Workers go on strike for better pay, working and living conditions.
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The allies proclaim Germany a sovereign state on May 5, officially ending the occupation.
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On September 12 Walter Ulbricht becomes the head of the German Democratic Republic.
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In April, Soviet troops reach Berlin. WWII is almost over.
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In an effort to stop the growing numbers of people leaving the GDR, Ulbricht orders the construction of the Berlin Wall. German workers start stringing barbed wire and setting up barriers that later turn into the Berlin Wall.
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On June 26, John F. Kennedy makes his speech in Berlin.
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An agreement between East and West Germany is signed on December 17, which makes it easier to travel to Berlin.
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Ronald Reagan visits the Berlin Wall for the first time on June 11th.
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A bomb is triggered killing 3 people in which two of them were American Soldiers. 230 people, 50 of them American were also injured but did not die due to the blast.
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On Reagan's second visit to Berlin, he demands Gorbachev to tear down the wall.
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On November 9, during evening news conference, an East German spokesman mist
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This is the year that the Berlin Wall was destroyed and East and West Germany are reunited once again.
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118 artists and random people gather to create the Eats Side Gallery that is as long as 1.3 km.