The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that sought to restrain the nuclear arms race. The first round, SALT I, ran from 1969 and produced the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an interim agreement on offensive missiles, both signed in 1972. The second round led to the SALT II treaty, which Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev signed in Vienna in June 1979, setting equal overall limits on strategic delivery systems. The US Senate never ratified it, especially after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, but both sides said they would follow its terms informally. The talks were followed by the START negotiations.
Before and after
- 5 April 1979Establishment of Kakadu National Park
- 17 May 1979Establishment of Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park
- 19 May 1979Birth of Diego Forlán
- 11 June 1979Death of John Wayne
- 18 June 1979Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
- 28 June 1979Establishment of Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 27 August 1979Warrenpoint ambush
- from 15 October 1979 to 16 January 1992Salvadoran Civil War
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