1989 ⟶ Pan-European Picnic Opens Austria-Hungary Border
The opening of the border gate between Austria and Hungary a...
Year
1989
🚪 Pan-European Picnic Opens Austria-Hungary Border
The opening of the border gate between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic set in motion a chain reaction, at the end of which there was no longer a GDR and the Eastern Bloc had disintegrated.⟶
HungaryAustriaBorder OpeningPan-European PicnicEastern BlocGDRFall of CommunismIron Curtain1989
🇭🇺 Hungary Introduces Political Reforms
Communist Hungary introduces political reforms.⟶
HungaryEastern EuropePolitical ReformCommunism1989ReformsIron CurtainCold War
🇵🇱 Mazowiecki Leads Non-Communist Polish Government
Parliament in Poland elects Tadeusz Mazowiecki as leader of the first non-communist government in the Eastern Bloc.⟶
PolandGovernmentCommunismPolitical TransitionTadeusz MazowieckiEastern Bloc1989Political ReformDemocracy
🇭🇺 Hungarian Ruling Party Dissolves
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, the ruling party of Hungary, is dissolved.⟶
HungaryCommunist PartyPolitical DissolutionEastern Bloc1989Political ReformMulti-Party SystemSoviet Influence
🇩🇪 East Germany's Honecker Ousted, Hungary Reforms
The Hungarian constitution is amended to allow a multi-party political system and elections. In East Germany, the nearly 20-year term of communist leader Erich Honecker comes to an end.⟶
East GermanyHungaryPolitical ReformErich HoneckerCommunism1989Multi-party systemEastern BlocFall of Communism
🧱 Berlin Wall Breached
Revolutions of Eastern Europe: Soviet reforms have allowed Eastern Europe to change the Communist governments there. The Berlin Wall is breached when Politburo spokesman, Günter Schabowski, not fully informed of the technicalities or procedures of the newly agreed lifting of travel restrictions, mistakenly announces at a news conference in East Berlin that the borders have been opened.⟶
Berlin WallGermanyFall of Communism1989Cold WarEastern BlocRevolutionsGünter SchabowskiBorder Opening