"Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!"
On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall and delivered the Cold War's most famous dare: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
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11,000 Fired in One Day: Reagan's Strike That Changed American Labor
On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 air traffic controllers who refused to end their illegal strike — a shock to organized labor that echoed for decades.