Peter David, the acclaimed comic book writer best known for his work on Spider-Man, Aquaman, and The Incredible Hulk, has died at the age of 68. While the exact cause of death has not been ...

Dying Peter Fechter is carried away by East German border guards who shot him down when he tried to flee to the west in this Aug. 17, 1962 file photo. Fechter was lying 50 minutes in no-man's land ...

Peter, Paul and Mary disbanded in 1970 to pursue solo ventures, though they reunited throughout the '80s, '90s and 2000s until Travers' death in 2009. The trio split after Yarrow was accused in ...

On Nov. 9, 1989, the communist government of East Germany announced that all residents would be permitted to travel to West Berlin and West Germany. Crowds of Eastern and Western Germans climbed ...

The presence of pumpkins in “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater” may lead to the assumption that the rhyme has American roots—but its first known appearance in print actually comes from England.

In the year before the Kennedys' visit, an 18-year-old called Peter Fechter was killed while trying to escape from East to West Berlin.

BBC News, 4 May, 1959, BBC Television. The death of Peter Fechter - Charles Wheeler reports from the Berlin Wall. BBC News, 21 August, 1962, BBC Television.