What day of the week was November 9, 1989?

The day of the week November 9th, 1989 fell on was a Thursday.

There were 46 days until Christmas.

Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany the and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia.