The fall of the Berlin Wall (By Cristian Romero Torres)

1. Social pressure and demands from Berliners managed to tear down the wall on the night of November 9-10, 1989.

2. The fall of the wall meant that East Berliners had the same rights and freedoms as in West Berlin, that family members separated by the wall could be reunited and that everyone could freely move around their city.

3. It was the beginning of the reunification of Germany, the political and economic reforms of the Soviet Union

4. November 9, 1989 is overthrown

5. It is considered one of the most important episodes in modern history.

6. Its fall made German reunification possible and was a precursor to the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.