nov 9, 1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall

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After communism was falling apart, the iron curtain was essentially also falling apart
Wall was torn down after the fall of the East German government
Began major protests against the Soviet Union, leading to the declared independence of Soviet republics Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Eventually the Soviet Union collapsed and Gorbachev lost power to Russia's new president Yeltsin

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