Aug 13, 1961: East Berlin closes border to West Berlin
#OTD Today in 1961 East Berlin closes border to West Berlin
#OTD Today in 1961 East Berlin closes border to West Berlin
#OTD Today in 1990 was the commencement of official demolition of the Berlin Wall
#OTD Today in 1857 Elisha Otis installed his first passenger elevator.
#OTD Today in 1930 Stephen Sondheim was born.
#OTD Today in 1788 was the Great New Orleans Fire.
#OTD Today in 1962 Matthew Broderick was born. #HappyBirthday
#OTD in 1863 confederate ship Georgiana sunk on her maiden voyage.
#OTD Today in 1947 Glenn Close was born. #HappyBirthday
#OTD Today in 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
#OTD Today in 1662 The first known public bus line began operations. #Pascal