may 26, 1972 - Salt I
Description:
The soviet union needed from the us access to us technology. They also needed access to grain, because of that the premier of the Soviet union, Leonid Brezhnev, is willing to work with Nixon. They agree to freeze the number of nuclear weapons each country has. This was known as SALT I.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 26, 1972
Now
~ 53 years ago