Topic
cold war
2 events tagged this topic.
Exploration & Discovery July 20 1969
One Small Step: Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon
On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility, and Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on another world.
Politics & Power November 9 1989
The Night the Berlin Wall Fell
On 9 November 1989, a garbled press announcement sent thousands of East Berliners to the Wall's checkpoints; by midnight the barrier that had divided the city for 28 years was open.