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| Arrest Honecker, Erich |  |
| Dec Expelled from the Communist Party, following allegations of corruption |
| Dec Placed under House arrest for treason, corruption & abuse of power |
| Berlin Wall Destruction Modrow, Hans | |
| Dec Berlin Mitterand visits Hans Modrow in East Berlin & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Chairman Council of Ministers Modrow, Hans | |
| 13th Nov Berlin Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers for the GDR |
| Demokratischer Aufbruch Merkel, Angela Dorothea | |
| Merkel gets involved in the growing democracy movement after the fall of the Berlin Wall, joining the new party Demokratischer Aufbruch |
| Destruction Berlin Wall Kohl, Helmut | |
| 9th Nov Berlin The Berlin Wall opens marking the fall of the East German regime |
| Diplomacy Modrow, Hans | |
| Dec Berlin Mitterand visits Hans Modrow in East Berlin & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Director BPO Abbado, Claudio | |
| Berlin Appointed Director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Election Kohl, Helmut | |
| 29th Jan Berlin West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Chris tian Democratic Union suffers a major setback in West Berlin municipal elections |
| Election Merkel, Angela Dorothea | |
| Following the first (and only) democraticelection of the East German state, Merkel becomes the deputy spokesperson of the new pre-unification caretakerGovernment under Lothar de MaiziŠre |
| General Secretary Gysi, Gregor | |
| 18th Oct Berlin Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party |
| General Secretary Krenz, Egon | |
| 18th Oct Berlin Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party |
| Head of State Gerlach, Manfred | |
| 6th Dec Berlin Appointed Head of State for the GDR |
| Head of State Krenz, Egon | |
| 24th Oct Berlin Appointed Head of State for the GDR |
| Nobel Prize Pauli, Wolfgang | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics |
| Party Leader Krenz, Egon | |
| Bonn AppointedLeader of the Socialist Unity Party |
| Rebellion Honecker, Erich | |
| Oct East Replaced as leader of the Socialist Unity Party by Egon Krenz |
| Unification Kohl, Helmut | |
| 9th Nov The German Democratic Republic collapses |
| US Open Becker, Boris | |
Winner of the men's USA  tennis open |
| US Open Graf, Stefi | |
| Winner of the women's USA tennis open |
