The row has now escalated after a mystery local rented a JCB digger and knocked down part of the wall to make a hole. One resident said: ‘I don’t know why they’ve put it there.

Then Reagan proclaimed that the Berlin Wall should be knocked down. Reagan’s May 15, 1967, forceful, public call to knock down the Berlin Wall was but one of many such proclamations during that ...

November 9th 1989 the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down. The removal of a feature that once divided a city now represents the beginning of ...

15 An East German bulldozer and crane knock down the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to make way for a new border crossing on November 12, 1989. RFE/RL.

The 327 deaths occurred in the period 1949 to 1989 - the year that the Berlin Wall was knocked down, as the GDR collapsed. The oldest person to die at the border was an 81-year-old farmer who ...

On the night of Nov. 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall came crashing down, NBC News was the only major TV network broadcasting live from the scene.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

This story originally published on Nov. 10, 1989. It is being republished as part of the commemoration of USA TODAY's 40th anniversary on Sept. 15, 2022. AT THE BERLIN WALL — East Germans ...

On Nov. 9, 1989, East Germany opened the Berlin Wall, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. That night, Germans celebrated the move by tearing the wall down.Watch the video above to learn more ...

Mystery after 6ft wall dividing estate called ‘Berlin Wall 2’ is knocked down Noora Mykkanen. Published May 5, 2025 3:21pm Updated May 5, 2025 3:31pm Share this with. Comments. Residents ...