Berlin Wall - New Passport

Time: Wednesday Dec 11, 1957

Place: East Germany, Germany

Details: On 11 December 1957, East Germany introduced a new passport law that reduced the overall number of refugees leaving Eastern Germany.

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Johann Sebastian Bach-Bach was offered a post in Halle

1713 - Halle, Germany

Karl Freiherr Birth

Monday Jun 12, 1775 - Halle

Carl Abel Birth

Wednesday Dec 22, 1723 - Köthen

Johann Sebastian Bach-Kapellmeister

1717 - Köthen, Germany

On This Day - 11 December

Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt-Ibrahim entry into Cairo

Saturday Dec 11, 1819 - Cairo, Egypt

Abraham Lincoln-Battle of Fredericksburg

Thursday Dec 11, 1862 - Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.

Second Boer War-Battle of Magersfontein

Monday Dec 11, 1899 - Magersfontein, South Africa

Albrecht Kossel-The Nobel Prize

Sunday Dec 11, 1910 - Stockholm, Sweden

Irish War of Independence-IRA ambush in the city

Saturday Dec 11, 1920 - Cork, Ireland

1957

Vietnam War-South Vietnam enjoyed its first peace in over a decade

1957 - South Vietnam

Magdi Yacoub-Graduation

1957 - Giza, Egypt

Juan Carlos I-Joining The Naval School

1957 - Marín, Pontevedra, Spain

Algerian War-Support for the FLN weakened

1957 - Algeria

Akio Morita-Producing a pocket-Sized Radio

1957 - Tokyo, Japan