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1948
Soviet union cuts off all land and transit routes running between Berlin and West Germany. -
1949
On May 23, The Federal Republic of Germany is founded. -
1949
Soviet Union lifts the blockade, but airlift continues until September. -
1953
The famous Workers Revolt of June 17 takes place all across East Germany. Workers go on strike for better pay, working and living conditions. -
1955
The allies proclaim Germany a sovereign state on May 5, officially ending the occupation. -
1960
On September 12 Walter Ulbricht becomes the head of the German Democratic Republic. -
1945
In April, Soviet troops reach Berlin. WWII is almost over. -
1961
In an effort to stop the growing numbers of people leaving the GDR, Ulbricht orders the construction of the Berlin Wall. German workers start stringing barbed wire and setting up barriers that later turn into the Berlin Wall. -
1963
On June 26, John F. Kennedy makes his speech in Berlin. -
1971
An agreement between East and West Germany is signed on December 17, which makes it easier to travel to Berlin. -
1982
Ronald Reagan visits the Berlin Wall for the first time on June 11th. -
1986
A bomb is triggered killing 3 people in which two of them were American Soldiers. 230 people, 50 of them American were also injured but did not die due to the blast. -
1987
On Reagan's second visit to Berlin, he demands Gorbachev to tear down the wall. -
1989
On November 9, during evening news conference, an East German spokesman mist -
1989
This is the year that the Berlin Wall was destroyed and East and West Germany are reunited once again. -
1990
118 artists and random people gather to create the Eats Side Gallery that is as long as 1.3 km.