dec 23, 1961 - Berlin Wall Built
Description:
[Berlin wall] FDR met Khrushchev in Vienna 1961→ Khrush demands again that US pull out of Berlin → FDR says no → USSR builds wall to keep east germans from fleeing (as it was being built, tanks on both sides faced off) → FDR made speech in West Berlin 1963- ‘we never had to put up a wall to keep our people in’Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 23, 1961
Now
~ 64 years ago