Between 17 November and 29 December 1989 the communist regime in Czechoslovakia fell down. Velvet Revolution ended with the Federal Assembly having elected the leader of the Civic Forum, Vaclav Havel, as a President of Czechoslovakia. Celebrated as Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day in Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Velvet Revolution day by day
Deanna Wooley: “We Have Something to Celebrate!”: Forging a Community of Memory for the “Velvet Revolution”