Superpowers Agree to Cut Nuclear Arsenals

On December 8, 1987

US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles.

This Day in History - December 8

2013

Metallica became the first band to have performed on all seven continents when they held a concert in Antarctica.

1864

The Clifton Suspension Bridge was finally opened.

1792

Henry Laurens became the first person to be cremated in the US.

1990

NASA's Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.

1881

A fire destroyed Vienna's Ring Theater, which killed between 640-850 people.

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