Havel at Columbia



This Day in The Velvet Revolution, 1989

November 20, 1989: 300,000 demonstrate in Prague

An estimated 300,000 people demonstrate in the streets of Prague. Czechoslovak Television breaks its blackout on the growing unrest in the country, showing live footage of demonstrations in Prague and other Czechoslovak cities. At a Civic Forum press conference, Havel says "We are at a time when there are beginnings of real opposition in our country."