NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his 'Atoms for Peace' speech at the United Nations in New York.
Eamon de Valera publicly repudiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
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.
Henry Laurens became the first person to be cremated in the US.
