NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
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Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his 'Day of Infamy' speech to the US Congress – a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.
The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his 'Atoms for Peace' speech at the United Nations in New York.
