On June 12th, 1987, Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most famous speeches while visiting West Berlin, Germany. At the height of the Cold War period, with the Berlin Wall in the background of his speech, Reagan called to Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, imploring him to tear down the wall. The speech continued to further call for arms reductions and advocate for the easing of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Just around two years after Reagan delivered this famous speech, the Berlin Wall fell, and the Soviet Union collapsed.