MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · October 12
THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 12
October 12 in history
1986 — Reykjavík Summit
11–12 Oct 1986 — Reagan and Gorbachev come within one word — “laboratory” — of abolishing their nuclear arsenals. The summit “fails,” and changes everything: the INF Treaty follows in a year.
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