Ronald Reagan
In 1984, Reagan called for an international ban on chemical weapons. Six years later, President Bush and Soviet leader Gorbachev would sign a historic agreement to cease production and begin destruction of both nations sizable reserves.
In 1987, during a visit to Berlin, the president made a dramatic plea to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Two years later, Berliners would do so on their own accord.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The day after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress, and proclaimed December 7 a date which will live in infamy. With only one dissent, Congress granted his request for an official declaration of war against Japan.
Two months before his death, Roosevelt met Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin for the last time at Yalta in the U.S.S.R. The Big Three leaders discussed military considerations in the war against Germany and Japan, and compromised on their visions of the postwar world order.
Tito
In 1963, Tito, the independent-minded communist leader of Yugoslavia since 1945, visited the United States during a tour of the Americas.
Harry Truman
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, President Truman warned Japan of further atomic attacks until it surrendered. When no answer came, he authorized the dropping of a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Six days later, Japan surrendered.
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