1989 in Germany

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Events in the year 1989 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• Fall of Berlin Wall
• 23 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Births

• September 1
  • Bill Kaulitz, singer, band Tokio Hotel
  • Tom Kaulitz, musician, band Tokio Hotel
• September 13 - Thomas Müller, footballplayer
• September 28 - Raphael Holzdeppe, pole vaulter

Deaths

• February 26 - Alexander Golling, German actor (born 1905)
• May 18 - Hermann Höcherl, German politician (born 1912)
• May 23 - Karl Koch, German hacker (born 1965)
• June 9 - Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer (born 1920)
• July 20 - Erwin Sietas, German swimmer (born 1910)
• November 1 - Hoimar von Ditfurth, German physician and scientific journalist (born 1921)
• November 30 - Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (born 1930)
• December 8 - Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (born 1908)
• December 31 - Gerhard Schröder, politician (born 1910)

See also

• 1989 in German television