Construction of Berlin Wall
1961 · Event
East Germany walls off West Berlin to stop emigration; symbol of the Cold War.
On these timelines: Germany, Master, Cold War, USA, Cuban Missile Crisis
More from Germany
- German unification (1871)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Hitler's rule of Germany (1933)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
Around 1961
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)