President George Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev sign the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) in Moscow. The treaty, first proposed by President Ronald Reagan, scaled back the nuclear arms race and placed limitations on nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.
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