On this day on June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan’s call to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down the Berlin Wall” became widely considered a defining moment of the Reagan presidency, according to Stanford University. The line, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” also came to be a profound statement of the 1980s. President […]
On this day in history, June 12, 1987, Reagan urges Gorbachev to ‘tear down this wall’
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‘Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!’: Ronald Reagan Delivered His Berlin Wall Speech 34 Years Ago
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Former President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous Berlin Wall speech 34 years ago on June 12, 1987. Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall and delivered the lines that echoed around the world, a direct challenge to the Soviet Union’s power in Eastern Europe: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” (RELATED: Dennis Quaid Reveals…