Remembering the Night of Historic Change

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Remembering the Night of Historic Change
Spectators watch as giant, painted styrofoam dominoes stand along the route of the former Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Henning Schacht-Pool/Getty Images
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Spectators watch as giant, painted styrofoam dominoes stand along the route of the former Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. (Henning Schacht-Pool/Getty Images)