Timeline Monday 5 August 1963

Events on Monday 5 August 1963 1

• 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed US, UK and USSR agree to end atmospheric nuclear testing The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater. It was the first major arms control agreement of the Cold War, though underground testing continued. Dozens of other nations later joined.