On This Day: Berlin Wall Falls (1989)

East Berliners walked through the checkpoints. The Cold War was ending.

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 was one of the most joyful political events of the 20th century. The Wall had divided Berlin since 1961, separating families and serving as the most visible symbol of the Iron Curtain. Its fall came not from military force but from a combination of pro