Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: br br br 1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. br br br br br 1953 – Cambodia gains independence from France. br br br br br 1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion. br br br br 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.