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START I Signed
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.
Union General George Thomas is born in Southampton County, Virginia. A West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole and Mexican-American Wars, Thomas remained in the U.S. Army following Virginia's secession. He distinguished himself in the Western Theater during the Civil War, saving the Army of the Cumberland at Chickamauga and earning the nickname, "The Rock of Chickamauga."
