On this day: November 26

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1972 • neutral • 6 views

U.S. and USSR Sign Landmark Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Officials and dignitaries gathered in a formal meeting room in Moscow for the signing of an agreement in 1972; documents and pens on a long table, national flags of the United States and Soviet Union displayed, mid-20th-century suits and dresses.

On November 26, 1972, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), marking a pivotal step in Cold War arms control by capping certain categories of strategic ballistic missiles and launching a framework for future negotiations.

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1971 • neutral • 6 views

Supreme Court Upholds Military Draft Laws in 1971 Ruling

A 1970s-era Selective Service registration poster and a line of young men outside a government office in winter coats, representing draft registration during the Vietnam War era.

On November 26, 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision upholding the constitutionality of federal Selective Service laws, sustaining the government’s authority to require registration and conscription under existing statutes.

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1991 • neutral • 6 views

Russian Parliament Votes to End the Soviet Union

Wide view of a late 1991 Russian parliamentary chamber filled with deputies in Soviet‑era clothing, papers and flags, conveying an intense legislative session addressing the end of the USSR.

On November 26, 1991, the Russian Parliament (Supreme Soviet and Congress of People's Deputies bodies in session) voted to endorse the Belovezh Accords and effectively recognize the dissolution of the USSR, accelerating the end of Soviet institutions across the former union republics.

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