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

1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his 'Atoms for Peace' speech at the United Nations in New York.

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.

2010

SpaceX became the first private company to launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft.

2013

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

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