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Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; Yiddish: ישראל ביילין; [1] May 11, 1888 [2] – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award.
Schönefeld Airport was the major civil airport of East Germany (GDR) and the only airport of the former East Berlin. On 25 October 2020 the Schönefeld name and IATA code ceased to exist, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] marking its closure as an independent airport, with large parts of its infrastructure being incorporated into the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport ...
Berliner Zeitung headquarters. Berliner Zeitung was first published on 21 May 1945 in East Berlin. [1] The paper, a center-left daily, is published by Berliner Verlag.After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the paper was bought by Gruner + Jahr and the British publisher Robert Maxwell.
East Berlin Historic District is a national historic district located at East Berlin in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 177 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of East Berlin. They primarily date from the third quarter of the 18th to the early-20th century.
The 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin in 1973. The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students after 1947.
In 1865, a horse tramway was established in Berlin. In 1881, the world's first electric tram line was opened in the city. Numerous private and municipal operating companies constructed new routes, so by the end of the 19th century the network had developed quite rapidly, and the horse trams had been replaced by electric ones.
The East Berlin flag was therefore a slightly modified version of the old state flag, with the civil flag being deliberately avoided in East Berlin—and conversely, adopted as official in West Berlin—due to the bear in the civil flag being off-center to the left and facing left, strongly suggesting an orientation toward the West.
