Berlin Wall - Longtime leader is changed
Time: Wednesday Oct 18, 1989
Place: East Germany, Germany
Details: The longtime leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, resigned on 18 October 1989 and was replaced by Egon Krenz that day.
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