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Outer Space Treaty Signed

United States · Government / Nuclear Arms Control. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1967

Lyndon Baines Johnson27 January 1967

Washington · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

The United States signs the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits placing nuclear weapons in orbit or on celestial bodies.

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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