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Article: Berlin Wall's collapse is top historical moment.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2005
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The fall of the Berlin Wall has topped a poll of the most important moments in history.
The symbolic collapse of communism in Eastern Europe beat the moon landing and the world's first heart transplant in a UK survey of events that shook the world.
One in five defined it as the most momentous historical event, while Neil Armstrong's first step for mankind came a close second with 19 per cent and the medical first came third with 12 per cent.
BBC historian Roger Tabor said he was surprised and ...