Gustav Husak9 November 1989
The Berlin Wall falls and the citizens of Czechoslovakia can see the events every day on TV (both foreign and domestic)
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The Berlin Wall falls and the citizens of Czechoslovakia can see the events every day on TV (both foreign and domestic)
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On the eve of International Students Day, 50th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal murdered by Nazi occupiers during World War II, Slovak students demonstrate
The Socialist Union of Youth (SSM/SZM, proxy of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia) organize a mass demonstration to commemorate International Students Day
a peaceful student demonstration is severely beaten back by riot police. A peaceful student demonstration in Prague is severely beaten back by the riot police
At the initiative of students from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the students in Prague began a strike, the strike is joined by university students throughout Czechoslovakia
Milos Jakes is replaced by puppet politician Karel Urb nek as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
The number of participants in the regular anti-Governmental demonstration in Prague reach 800,000 people
The editorial staff of Slovakias Pravda, the central newspaper of the Communist Party of Slovakia, join the opposition
A general two-hour strike of the population
The Presidium of the Slovak Parliament (Slovak National Council) resigns, it is gradually replaced by non-Communists. The Communist Party of Czech announces it will give up its monopoly of power
Parliament, still dominated by the Communists, removes the article guaranteeing a leadership role to the Communist Party and Marxism as a state ideology from the Constitution
The federal Government decides barbed wire should be removed at the border with Austria (later also at the border with West Germany), and that Czechoslovak citizens do not need "exit visa permits". Czech citizens do not need "exit visa permits" anymore when travelling abroad
Barbed wire is removed from the border with West Germany and Austria. Barbed wire is removed from borders with West Germany. Barbed wire at the border with Austria is removed
President Gust v Hus k nominates a new federal cabinet, headed by Ladislav Adamec
President Gust v Hus k nominates a new federal cabinet, headed by Ladislav Adamec. Husak nominates a new federal cabinet, headed by Ladislav Adamec
The Government announces freedom to travel to Austria
Most members of the Government of Czechia were replaced by non-Communists
The Communist President Gust v Hus k appoints the first largely non-communist Government in Czechoslovakia since 1948, and resigns
Peoples Militia is abolished, & their weapons confiscated by the army
Alexander Dubcek is elected speaker of the federal Parliament on December 28 and Vaclav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 1989
Alexander Dubcek is elected speaker of the federal Parliament on December 28 and Vaclav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 1989
Bloodless revolution in Czech that sees the overthrow of the communist Government
1st genuine free elections for 40 yrs
The first democratic elections since 1946 are held in June, 1990, bringing the first completely non-communist Government to Czechoslovakia in over forty years
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