The people of Berlin woke on August 13, 1961, to discover that their city had been split in two. The Berlin Wall inspired David Bowie's song Heroes (1977), with its poignant lyrics about two lovers, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Berlin governing mayor places flowers to mark the 36th anniversary of the Berlin wall fall, at the Wall memorial on Bernauer ...
View of a clip of President Reagan's famous 1987 Berlin Wall speech in which he asks Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." Video courtesy of Reagan Presidential Library.