Event:
Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a balloon-release ceremony and celebrations throughout the country; the wall had been built through Berlin to separate communist East Germany from West Germany
More Notable Events on November 9:
1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1944 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
