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oct 18, 1989 - Honecker Resigns as East Germany's leader

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Krenz took over and continued with Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost reforms, and ended the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Growth was only 2.8% in 1989 where as in 1985 it was 5.2%.

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oct 18, 1989
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~ 36 years ago