Solemn services were held in Belgium, France, Britain, Australia and other countries around the world to commemorate the end of World War I .Full story
Nov. 3: A group of East Germans discuss how their quality of life has changed for the better, despite many challenges, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
November 9, 1989: Many of West Germany's top politicians were out of the country on a diplomatic visit to Poland when news about the fall of the Berlin Wall came from East Germany. NBC's Jim Bittermann reports.
November 9, 1989: NBC's Tom Brokaw reports from West Germany hours after the East German government announced that for the first time in more than 25 years, residents will be able to move freely between East and West Germany.
People walk on November 9, 2009 in front an original, 10-panel section of the Berlin Wall at an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. On the night of November 9, 1989, following weeks of pro-democracy protests, the Stalinist state's author
A general view shows domino pieces near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 7, 2009. As the highlight of a 5-million euro ($7.4 million) celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, a 1.5-km (one-mile) long segment of the Wall will stand for two days alo
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Audrey KAUFFMANN and PACKAGE "Germany-east-History-20years" FILES - West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989 as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and West
** FILE ** Dying Peter Fechter is carried away by East German border guards who shot him down when he tried to flee to the west in this Aug. 17, 1962 file photo. Fechter was lying 50 minutes in no-man's land before he was taken to a hospital where he died shortly after arrival. Monday, Aug. 13, 20