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 2011 Event Kenyan runner, Patrick Makau Musyoki, breaks the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon 2011 Event In Berlin, Social Democrats do well in a state election; the Pirate Party enters a state parliament for the first time, with the Free Democrats achieving 2% of the vote 1993 Death Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 1992 Event 300,000 demonstrators against racism in Berlin 1992 Event 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years 1991 Death Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88 1990 Event Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors 1990 Death Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 Event Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood 1990 Death Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1990 Event Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate 1989 Event Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall 1989 Event East Berlin opens its borders 1989 Death Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101 1989 Event Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin 1988 Death Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 1988 Death Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, dies at 86 1986 Event Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed 1986 Event Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup 1986 Event U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing 1986 Event U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing 1985 Event U.S. Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin 1985 Event Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin 1984 Event Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1981 Event Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin 1979 Death Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84 1977 Birthday Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1976 Birthday Dominic Monaghan, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, known for playing role of Merry in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'Lost' and 'FlashForward' television shows 1975 Event CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin 1973 Birthday Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin 1996 1973 Death Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously, dies of cancer in East Berlin, at age 39 1972 Event Martin Bormanns skeleton found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy) 1972 Death Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79 1972 Death Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement, dies at 87 1972 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin 1971 Death Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 1971 Death Max Trapp, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement, dies at 83 1971 Birthday Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th 1971 Birthday Torsten Kienass, Berlin GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1970 Event RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin 1970 Death Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels', dies at 78 1969 Event WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin 1968 Event West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration 1968 Event Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed 1967 Event Rolf Hochhuths "Soldaten," premieres in West Berlin 1966 Birthday Katja Bienert, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Praxis Bulowbogen 1964 Event Gunter Grass' "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin 1963 Event Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners 1963 Event West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules 1963 Birthday Anne-Sophie Mutter, born in Rheinfeldin, Germany, violinist, Berlin Phil 1963 Event Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) 1963 Event Rolf Hochhuth's "Der Stellvertreter," premieres in Berlin 1962 Event Musical, "Mr President," written by Irving Berlin, opens on Bdwy 1962 Event Martin Walser's "Esche und Angora," premieres in Berlin 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 Event East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall 1961 Event East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin 1961 Event U.S. vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1961 Event Building of Berlin Wall begins 1961 Event 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 1961 Event East Germany limits traffic to West Berlin 1960 Death Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54 1960 Event East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin 1960 Birthday Nastassja Kinski, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Tess, Cat People 1959 Event Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin 1959 Birthday Andreas Wisniewski, born in Berlin, West Germany, actor, Living Daylights 1957 Event Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin 1955 Death Carl Ramsauer, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect, dies in Berlin, Germany 1955 Birthday [Kater]Nina Hagen, born in East Berlin, East Germany, actress, Blue Angel 1953 Birthday Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1951 Event Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1950 Event West Berlin granted a constitution 1950 Birthday Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet, Deutsche Opera Berlin 1950 Birthday Rio Reiser, born in Berlin, Germany, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene 1949 Birthday Jeannie Berlin, LA Cal, actress, Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint 1949 Event Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights 1949 Event West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade 1948 Event Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1948 Event Soviets blockades Berlin from west 1948 Event U.S. denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin 1948 Event Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade 1948 Event U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin 1947 Event Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin 1945 Birthday Linda Harrison, born in Berlin, Maryland, actress, Bracken's World, Planet of Apes 1945 Event Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1945 Event Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin 1945 Event Red army completely surrounds Berlin 1945 Event Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin 1945 Event Soviet troops enter Berlin 1945 Event Red Army begins Battle of Berlin 1945 Event 1,250 U.S. bombers attacks Berlin 1945 Event Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1945 Event Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin 1944 Event Field Marshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin 1944 Event July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins 1944 Event British Mosquito's attack Cologne and Berlin 1944 Event 811 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event U.S. resumes bombing Berlin 1944 Event USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin 1944 Event 1st U.S. bombing of Berlin 1944 Event 823 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 891 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 683 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin 1943 Event RAF begins air bombing of Berlin 1943 Event 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1943 Event Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews) 1943 Event 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin 1942 Birthday Elke Sommer, Elke Schletz, Berlin Germany, actress, Oscar 1942 Event Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in New York City 1942 Birthday Margarethe Von Trotta, Berlin Germany, actress/director, Marianne 1942 Event Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews 1941 Event British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied 1941 Birthday Konrad Boehmer, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, writer, Marxist, Ph. D. University of Cologne, professor, Royal Conservatory of The Hague 1941 Event Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Goring in Berlin 1941 Event Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin 1940 Event 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin) 1940 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, Glasnost Berlin 1939 Event Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" 1939 Event Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews 1939 Event Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin 1937 Event "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class 1937 Birthday Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director, Berlin Affair 1936 Birthday Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1936 Event 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin 1936 Event 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) 1936 Event Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats U.S., 6-5 1936 Event Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics 1936 Event At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal 1936 Event Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 Birthday Klaus Lowitsch, born in Berlin, actor, Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun 1936 Birthday John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1935 Event Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics 1935 Birthday Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' 1934 Event Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin 1934 Death Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24 1933 Birthday Horst Buchholz, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe 1933 Event Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936 1933 Event Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City 1933 Birthday Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously 1933 Death Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered 1933 Event Kroll Opera in Berlin opens 1933 Event Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin 1933 Event Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov and Vassili arrested in Berlin 1933 Event Final demonstration of German Communist Party in Berlin 1933 Event Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin 1933 Event Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead 1933 Event Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin 1933 Event Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orchestra 1931 Event Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin 1931 Birthday Wolfgang Kohlhaase, born in Berlin, actor, director and writer, Solo Sunday 1931 Birthday Fay Godwin, born in Berlin, Germany, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell 1930 Event Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro," premieres in Berlin 1930 Birthday Rudy Boschwitz, born in Berlin, Germany, Senator-R-Minnesota 1978 - 1991 1930 Birthday Igor Kipnis, Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor, Fairfield 1930 Birthday Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orchestra 1968 1929 Birthday Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra 1929 Birthday Hermann Prey, born in Berlin, Germany, baritone, Wolfram-Tannhauser 1929 Birthday Harald Juhnke, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Guitars of Love 1929 Event Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin 1929 Birthday Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist 1929 Event Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin 1929 Birthday John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist, Nobel 1986 1928 Birthday Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s 1928 Birthday Hardy Kruger, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right 1928 Birthday Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera 1928 Event Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Kopenick," premieres in Berlin 1928 Event "Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin 1927 Event "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange 1927 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin 1927 Event Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin 1926 Birthday Werner Torkanowsky, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor, New Orleans Symph 1925 Birthday Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician 1925 Event Kaufman and Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in New York City 1925 Event 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkampferbund in Berlin 1925 Event Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin 1923 Event General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship 1923 Event Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) 1923 Event Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin 1923 Event Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin 1923 Event Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark 1922 Birthday Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist, Boy With a Rat 1922 Birthday Lukas Foss, Fuchs, Berlin Germany, composer, Prairie 1922 Event Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin 1922 Event "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin 1921 Event Treaty of Berlin: U.S. and Germany sign separate peace treaty 1920 Birthday Albert Hague, Berlin Germany, actor, Mr Shorofsky-Fame 1920 Event Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails 1919 Event Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin 1919 Birthday Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor, Stadtische Oper Berlin 1919 Event Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege 1918 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday Karen Verne, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Madame X 1918 Event Richard Goring's "Seeschlacht," premieres in Berlin 1918 Event Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory 1916 Event I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City 1916 Event Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years 1916 Birthday Unica Zurn, born in Berlin, Germany, author, painter, wrote anagram poems and held automatic drawing exhibitions 1916 Event Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin 1915 Event Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in New York City 1915 Event Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin 1914 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City 1914 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin 1912 Birthday Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77 1912 Birthday Henry Brandon, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Drums of Fu Manchu 1912 Event Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel," premieres in Berlin 1911 Event Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin) 1911 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten," premieres in Berlin 1910 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 1910 Birthday Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1909 Birthday Isaiah Berlin, philosopher 1909 Event Moran and MacFarland (U.S.) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin) 1908 Birthday Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer 1908 Birthday Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1907 Birthday Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools 1907 Birthday John A Kelly, U.S. marathon runner, Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991 1907 Birthday Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 1907 Event SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1906 Birthday Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin 1906 Birthday Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1906 Event GB Shaws German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin" 1906 Birthday Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actress, Gloria, Gold 1906 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin 1905 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga," premieres in Berlin 1904 Birthday Christopher W. Bradshaw-Isherwood, British/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin 1904 Birthday Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist 1902 Event Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin 1902 Birthday Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer, Zeus and Elidco 1902 Birthday Mark Lothar, born in Berlin, Germany, Lothar Hundertmark, composer 1902 Birthday Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin, 1926-37 1902 Birthday Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, writer, Lace Curtain 1902 Event Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben," premieres in Berlin 1901 Birthday Marlene Dietrich, Berlin Germany, singer and actress, Blue Angel 1901 Event Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der rote Hahn," premieres in Berlin 1901 Birthday Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' 1900 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Michael Kramer," premieres in Berlin 1900 Birthday Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor, Jack Benny Show, At the Circus 1900 Event Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin 1899 Event Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang," premieres in Berlin 1899 Birthday Lucie Mannheim, born in Berlin, actress, East Meets West, 39 Steps 1898 Event Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel," premieres in Berlin 1898 Birthday Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher, Eros and Civilization 1897 Event Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) 1896 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin 1895 Event Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin 1894 Birthday Paul Dessau, Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter, Berlin, 1925-33 1893 Event Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin 1893 Birthday Hans H B Scharoun, German architect, Berlin Philharmonic 1893 Event Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) 1893 Birthday Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1893 Event Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin 1892 Birthday Erich Auerbach, born in Berlin, Germany, German writer and educator 1891 Birthday Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels' 1891 Birthday Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music 1889 Event Hermann Sudermann's "Ehre," premieres in Berlin 1889 Event Gerhart Hauptmann's "Vor Sonnenaufgang," premieres in Berlin 1888 Birthday Irving Berlin, Temum Siberia, composer, White Xmas, 1887 Birthday Max Trapp, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement 1886 Event Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga 1886 Birthday Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer 1885 Birthday Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement 1885 Event Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England 1884 Event Colonization of Africa orgainized at International conference in Berlin 1883 Birthday Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1882 Event 1st U.S. ski club forms, Berlin, New Hampshire 1881 Birthday William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director, Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong 1881 Event World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) 1879 Event 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition 1878 Event Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends 1878 Event Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano 1878 Event Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization 1878 Event Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization 1876 Birthday Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil 1872 Birthday Paul Panzer, actor, Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin 1863 Birthday Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1855 Birthday Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1840 Event Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin 1833 Event Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin 1821 Event Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin) 1818 Event Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) 1817 Event 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn 1806 Event Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England 1797 Birthday William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin 1760 Event Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1760 Event Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin 1757 Event Austrian troops occupy Berlin 1728 Event Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin 1510 Event 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia
