June 26th

On this day - June 26th 1963 - The "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech 

Ich bin ein Berliner is a famous quote from John F. Kennedys speech in Berlin in 1963. The reason behind the quote was to underline the US support for West- Germany after the building of the Berlin wall. 450.000 people had shown up to listen to the speech in Berlin.The speech is by many considered to be one of Kennedys best speeches and it has become known as a notable event during the Cold War. The speech is also well known because it has been claimed that that sentence "Ich bin ein Berliner" directly translated would mean that Kennedy was a Berliner. A Berliner is a Germany type of pastry. What Kennedy ment to say was that he was a citizen of Berlin, and the Berliner-cake translation have been disproved in recent time, much due to the fact that people in Berlin does not refer to the pastry as Berliner, but as Pfannkuchen.