As the title says, this year Germany(=BRD) or exactly the west part of Germany, which was the originally BRD before the Reunification celebrates 60 years.

The exact day was the 23.05.2009, because 60 years before on this day the first German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had signed the "The Basic Law". This moment was the hour of birth for West- Germany and has become "Sovereign State" and that was the foundation-stone of a living in democracy, which also opened the door for West- Germany to adapt itself to the West hemisphere and to become a member in the NATO and the Basic Law has established till now very well.

A belated Happy Birthday Germany!!

And on the 3rd of October this year Germany(the BRD now) will be 20 years after the German Reunification, in which the former DDR(=GDR) was annexed to the BRD by the 2+4 contracts