Berlin timeline
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Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer Open Practice
In 1910 Gropius left the firm of Behrens and together with fellow employee Adolf Meyer established a practice in Berlin. Together they share credit... Read more
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Houdini Performs The Chinese Water Torture Cell
In 1912, the vast number of imitators prompted Houdini to replace his Milk Can act with the Chinese Water Torture Cell. In this escape, Houdini's... Read more
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Mies van der Rohe Designs Glass Skyscraper
After designed the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper, the second project, the "Glass Skyscraper" was designed to land in Berlin that the details are... Read more
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Games of the XI Olympiad Held in Berlin, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin,... Read more
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Construction Begins on the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a physical barrier completely encircling West Berlin, separating it from the German Democratic... Read more
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President Kennedy Delivers "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech at Berlin Wall
Under simultaneous and opposing pressures from the Allies and the Soviets, Germany was divided. The Berlin Wall separated West and East Berlin, the... Read more
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Neue Nationalgalerie Built
Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art, mostly by Germans, in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. It... Read more
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Ronald Reagan Speaks at the Berlin Wall
Arriving in Berlin on June 12, 1987, President and Mrs. Reagan were taken to the Reichstag, where they viewed the wall from a balcony. Reagan then... Read more
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Berlin Wall Falls
On August 23, 1989, Hungary removed its physical border defences with Austria, and in September more than 13,000 East German tourists in Hungary... Read more
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Completion of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German:... Read more