<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" id="mwAUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany" id="mwAUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>'s parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.