December 8, 1987: Worldpowers agree to reduce nuclear arsenals
At a summit meeting in Washington, D.C., President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign the first treaty between t...
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December 8, 2010: SpaceX Dragon 1 became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully orbit and successfully return it to Earth.
SpaceX became the first commercial company to release a spacecraft—the Dragon capsule—into orbit and successfully return it to Earth...
December 6, 1921: Irish Free State declared
The Irish Free State, comprising four-fifths of Ireland, is declared, ending a five-year Irish struggle for independence from B...
December 6 1917: The Great Halifax Explosion
At 9:05 a.m., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating manmade explosion in the p...
December 6, 1884: Washington Monument completed
On December 6, 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid inscribed with “Laus Deo,” mea...