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World War II is over and Berlin is divided into 4 sectors: the American, British, French in the West and
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The Berlin Wall is built overnight, shocking many citizens in both West and East Berlin.
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President J. F. Kennedy visits Berlin and says: "Ich bin ein Berliner." ("I am a Berliner.")
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President Ronald Reagan visits Berlin and urges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
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The Berlin Wall is finally opened after 44 years.
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Germany is reunited after years of tension, and Communism in Europe is drasticly reduced.
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