In 1789 George Washington was sworn in as the first president, and gave the first inaugural speech at Federal Hall in New York City
The Continental System was a decree by the Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte which was made to limit British trade and bankrupt the country.
At his mightiest, Napoleon controlled almost every powerful country in Europe, except for Britain and Russia. He found it difficult to directly attack Britain and instead wanted to bankrupt it.
However, this eventually backfired and left France in a very bad economic conditions and Britain took advantage of this.
Many smaller countries that France had annexed, took up arms against Napoleon and began to fight. With a weakened economic position, Napoleon eventually lost the Empire.
1- The Soviet forces constructed
the Berlin Wall to prevent the
escape of East Germans into
West Germany.
2- US president Ronald Reagan
delivered a famous speech
challenging Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev to tear
down the Berlin Wall.
3- Newly independent Hungary
opened its border with Austria.
4- East German leaders gave
orders to open the gates
of the Berlin Wall.
5- The representatives of East
and West Germany signed
the Reunification Treaty.
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The crew themselves only gave the mission a fifty-fifty chance of fully succeeding. Upon returning to Earth, Borman received a telegram from a stranger commenting on the mission's outcome by simply stating: “Thank you Apollo 8. You saved 1968.”