2 May 1989 May 2, 2021 Author: Staff Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines." Bertrand Russell — Click here for more from Bertrand Russell Related posts: 2 May 1989 7 April 1989 24 February 1989 7 November 1957 4 June 1989 13 May 1989 2 August 1989 1 December 1989 4 June 1989 24 March 1989 Categories: History Tags: 1989, 2 May