The Revolutions of 1989 continue: Hungary begins to dismantle sections of the Iron Curtain border fortifications against Austria.

       [restored 1/22/2023]

Subsequent Events:

5/20/1989                   8/19/1989                    9/11/1989                   11/9/1989

References:

Fall of the Berlin Wall: Timeline of a year of wonder, when the unthinkable became the unstoppable | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/fall-of-the-berlin-wall-timeline-of-a-year-of-wonder-when-the-unthinkable-became-the-unstoppable-9821984.html

Revolutions of 1989 Chronology | Indiana University Libraries
libraries.indiana.edu/revolutions-1989-chronology

CHRONOLOGY-Communism’s fall around eastern Europe – Reuters
www.reuters.com/article/idUSL10690064

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