CNN News:德国纪念柏林墙倒塌30周年

Which of these events occurred 30 years ago?
Soviet troops left Afghanistan, Hubble telescope was launched, Gulf War began, or the Berlin Wall fell?
The only one of these events from the year 1989 was the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The date was November 9th, and that made Saturday the 30th anniversary of when the wall started tumbling down.
European leaders met in Berlin, Germany on November 9th when German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on them to defend democracy.

The Berlin Wall was a physical and symbolic barrier between democracy and communism. It had stood since August of 1961 when residents of Berlin woke up one morning to find a dividing line built of barbed wire and cinder blocks.
It was eventually fortified with concrete, armed guards, electric fences. And it would take almost three decades for the winds of change to bring it down.