12 juin 1987 - "Tear down this wall!"/Fall of the Berlin Wall

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Gorbachev's actions led to an of emotions between leaders of the two nations. So, President Reagan traveled to West Berlin asking Gorbachev to take down the wall that had divided West and East Berlin. President Reagan's most famous line of the speech, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!". In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and millions of people visited East and West Berlin. The fall of the Berlin War lead to a meeting, known as the Malta Summit, to take place.