Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, 1986
The Chernobyl disaster occurred in April 1986 after an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive material into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western USSR and Europe. This iconic image shows the depth of the devastation.
The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, 1989
After two decades of its iron separation of East and West Germany, the Berlin Wall finally fell on the evening of November 9, 1989. People gathered around the wall to see if it had actually fallen, and the border guards, who had no explicit instructions on what to do, let them through. Mass jubilation ensued.
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