13 August: Erection of the Berlin Wall. Subsequently, Kurfürstendamm was transformed into a political stage for demonstrations and state parades, including an American military parade one week after the construction of the Wall.
20 November: Young Berliners protested against the construction of the Berlin Wall.
17 December: Inauguration of the restored Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and its annexes by the State Bishop Otto Dibelius.
22. February: The U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy visited Berlin.
29 June: The German Parliament ratified the Berlinhilfegesetz [Berlin Aid Law]. As a result a construction boom started on Ku’damm, which was up until this point still very much marked by the war. The new high-rise buildings were a symbol of economic recovery in the Federal Republic. Ku’damm became the “display window of the Western world.”
26 August: President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin. Together with the Governing Mayor Willy Brandt and Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer his parade travelled down Kurfürstendamm.
Completion of the 123,5 meters high Europa Centre at Breitscheidplatz. At the time, the building was the biggest of its kind in Germany and was solemnly inaugurated by Governing Mayor Willy Brandt.
The German Socialist Student Union (SDS) rents an office at 140 Kurfürstendamm. From then on there are numerous protests organised by the student movement on Ku'damm.
Opening of the department store C&A Brenninkmeyer on Joachimstaler Straße/ Ecke Augsburger Straße.
Rolf Eden establishes his famous discotheque Big Eden. In 2002 he sold the club, located on 202 Ku'damm.
11 April: Attempted assassination of Rudi Dutschke (one of the most prominent spokespersons of the student movement) in front of the German Socialist Student Union (SDS) offices on Kurfürstendamm 140. The assassination was followed by street battles in many German cities. He passed away eleven years later as a result of related health issues.
The extensive Wertheim shopping centre opened between Kurfürstendamm 230-233 and Augsburger Straße 36-42.
The Ku’damm-Eck was completed.
Hotel Kempinski installed the first indoor hotel swimming pool in Germany.
The Ku’damm Karrée was opened.
30 June: The first Berlin Gay Pride Parade. Every two years, the route leads along Kurfürstendamm to this day.
The Schaubühne theatre ensemble moved from Hallesches Ufer to the former cinema Capitol on Kurfürstendamm 153.
The first 25k of Berlin marathon was held, with Ku’damm forming a section of the route. The same year, the Berlin Marathon also ran down Ku’damm for the first time.
7 March: The legendary SFB (now rbb) talk show „Leute“ was broadcast for the first time from Café Kranzler.
12 August: Opening of the Globe-Fountain on Breitscheidplatz.
25 August: A bomb detonated on the Maison de France premises at 211 Kurfürstendamm. There was one fatality and 23 injured.
The City commissioned the working group “Designing Public Spaces” to improve the damaged image of Kurfürstendamm.
To mark Berlin’s 750th anniversary Breitscheidplatz was restructured and several sculptures were installed along the boulevard , including Wolf Vostells „Beton-Cadillacs", Joseph Erbens „Pyramide", Matschinsky-Denninghoffs „Berlin" und Olaf Metzels Skulptur „13.4.1981".
1 July: The first stage of the Tour de France started in Berlin and included Kurfürstendamm.
1 July: The first Loveparade ran down Ku’damm. In 1996, after complaints of residents and shop owners, the route was diverted away from Kurfürstendamm along the Straße des 17. Juni.
9 November: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Kurfürstendamm is taken over by GDR cars, becoming a centre of the celebrations.