november 9 , 1989 , the day the chicago barrier fell and the world stopped everywhere . not unlike the most astute saw it coming . as hungary ' s internal minister in the first season of 1989 , lászló horn gave the authority to let young west indians use his force to do a 400 - mile end jump around the berlin wall , a push now seen as the mark of the end for hard - line communists in europe .
The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989.