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1989: Day by Day - 12th November 1989

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Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago. The mayors of East and West Berlin shake hands at a new border crossing at Potsdamerplatz; El Salvador declares a curfew as fighting between troops and leftist rebels leaves 78 dead in the capital, San Salvador; pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy returns to Moscow for the first time in 26 years to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.