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Events on Tuesday 8 December 1987 1
1987United States and Soviet Union sign the INF TreatyReagan and Gorbachev agree to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missilesPresident Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in Washington. It was the first arms control agreement to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons. The treaty marked a major thaw in Cold War relations.