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Berlin is divided.
World war II is over and Berlin is divided into four sectors. The American, British, French in the west and the soviet in the east. -
Berlin blockade.
the Berlin blockade was started by the soviet union, to limit the ability of, Franc, Great Britain , and the united states to travel to their sectors of Berlin. -
Berlin airlift begins.
U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by aircraft to Berlin after the city is isolated by the soviet union. -
End of Berlin blockade.
on May 12, 1952, an early of the cold war comes to an end when the soviet union ends its 11 month blockade against west Berlin. -
making of the Berlin wall.
Walter Ulbricht orders the construction of the Berlin Wall. Early on August 13, East German troops and workers begin stringing barbed wire and setting up barriers that will eventually become the Berlin Wall. The wall surrounding Berlin will extend 100 miles. Berlin is now a divided city and East Berlin is a prison from which its citizens can no longer escape. -
John F. Kennedy visits Berlin.
US president John F. Kennedy makes his now famous Berlin speech in front of the Schoneberg City Hall in the western half of the city: “All free men, wherever they live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner." -
Martin Luther King Jr. goes to Berlin.
Martin Luther King Jr. visits East and West Berlin. He crosses the Wall using his American Express card for ID. -
Uldrich dies.
Walter Ulbricht, the head of the German Democratic Republic, dies in office on August 1. Willi Stoph replaces him for three years, until Stoph is in turn replaced by Erich Honecker, the man who was in charge of building the Wall. -
Reagan breaks the wall
US president Ronald Reagan visits Berlin for the first time -
Hungarian government
Hungarian government opens border for East German refugees -
Opening day
The Berlin Wall is open. -
Brandenburg Gate
Brandenburg Gate is opened for the public to use. -
Together again
Germane is reunited.
