THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 9
November 9 in history
What happened on November 9: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1938 and 1989, each linked to the map that shows it.
Kristallnacht: synagogues burn across Germany while police watch. Fifty-one years later to the day, the Berlin Wall falls.
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— Fall of the Berlin Wall
9 Nov 1989 — At a bungled press conference, the words “immediately, without delay” send East Berliners to the checkpoints. The guards receive no orders, but open the gates. The Cold War’s symbol comes down by accident, on live TV.
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