1989 – Berliners celebrate the fall of the Wall which, for nearly three decades, kept East and West Berliners apart
The fall of the Berlin Wall is a pivotal event in world history which marks the falling of the Iron Curtain and the start of the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. The fall of the inner German border takes place shortly afterwards. An end to the Cold War is declared at the Malta Summit three weeks later, and the reunification of Germany takes place in October the following year –Wikipedia