2015 Event Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asserts Japan's continued pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons as the city of Nagasaki commemorates the 70th anniversary of its destruction by atomic bombing 2014 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 2013 Event Shinzo Abe the Prime Minister of Japan visits the Yasukuni Shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo; the shrine commemorates those who died while in the service of the Empire of Japan during the Meiji Restoration, which stored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 2013 Event The U.S. commemorates day of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas 2013 Event America commemorates the 150th of the Battle of Gettysburg, a decisive battle in the Civil War 2012 Event The U.S. commemorates the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and for the first time no special security alert is issued on the anniversary of the attacks 2011 Event In Hawaii, the U.S. commemorates the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor 2011 Event Haiti commemorates the first anniversary of the 2010 earthquake 2010 Event China commemorates victims of the Zhouqu landslide with a day of mourning 1973 Event 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou 1889 Event 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution
