Associated Press On Nov. 9, 1989, Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. Joyous Germans danced atop…
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Associated Press On Oct. 7, 2001, the United States and Britain launched air strikes against Taliban positions and Osama bin Laden’s training camps in Afghanistan;…
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Associated Press On Sept. 10, 1989, Hungary stopped enforcing East German visa restrictions and opened its borders, beginning a flood of emigration that led…
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Associated Press On Aug. 31, 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was born with an agreement that ended a 17-day strike at the Lenin shipyard in…
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I am a child of the 1980’s, as well the Cold War, and in 1989 I witnessed an event that many never thought they would…
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