On November 9, 1989, something people had wished to happen for decades finally came true--the Berlin Wall started to come down. For the first time in many years, people in East Germany were reunited with family and friends in West Germany. Do you remember that day? Do you remember what else was happening around the country? Listen to find out!

SOURCES

“Advertisement: Hughes Market.” The Signal (Santa Clarita, California), November 9, 1989. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Coast Guard Warned Ferry, Freighter Before Collision.” The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), November 10, 1989. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “E. Germany to Let Citizens Travel Freely.” The Daily Sentinel (Sitka, Alaska), November 9, 1989. www.newspapers.com.

Beck, Joan. “Abused Child Lost in Fifth Amendment Issue.” The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama), November 9, 1989. www.newspapers.com.

Date, Shirish. “A Twisted Tale of Murder-for-Hire Shakes up Daytona.” Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), November 9, 1989. www.newspapers.com.

Date, Shirish. “Fotopoulos Lived His Fantasy of Killers and Spies.” The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), September 4, 1990. www.newspapers.com.

“Ferry Limps to Port after Deadly Crash.” The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado), November 9, 1989. www.newspapers.com.

Fuqua, Lisa Marie. “The Hunter-Killer Club Narcissist: True Crime.” Medium. True Crime Addiction, September 25, 2020. https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/the-hunter-killer-club-narcissist-true-crime-bb501e3854ef.

Grant, Wayne. “Boardwalk Merchants Optimistic: Port Orange Observer.” Port Orange Observer. Port Orange Observer, June 23, 2018. https://www.portorangeobserver.com/photo-gallery/boardwalk-merchants-optimistic.

History.com Editors. “Berlin Wall.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, December 15, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall.

Lolordo, Ann. “Where's Maurice?” baltimoresun.com, December 7, 2018. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-02-28-0402280178-story.html.

Shatzkin, Kate. “Bouknight Is Released after Seven Years in Jail Angry Judge Orders Mother Not to Have Contact with Her Son.” baltimoresun.com, October 23, 2018. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-11-01-1995305112-story.html.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.