On June 12, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, stood before the Brandenburg Gate and exhorted Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to “tear down ...

June 12 has long been a date marked by transformative events across the globe, touching on politics, science, culture, and ...

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, who met Reagan on a number of occasions ... California and then flown to Washington for a state funeral. His body will then return to California for burial ...

Pres. Ronald Reagan gives the famous Brandenburg Gate speech in West Berlin.

Gorbachev was easily the most dynamic figure seen in Moscow for nearly thirty years, with the confidence to speak openly on the public stage with foreign leaders such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret ...