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

1963

Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped.

1864

The Clifton Suspension Bridge was finally opened.

1980

John Lennon had his last professional photoshoot.

1990

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

1941

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his 'Day of Infamy' speech to the US Congress – a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

What Happened on Dec 8?

What Happened in 1987?