Monthly Archives: July 2014

Nixon, Brezhnev sign treaty limiting size of underground nuclear weapons tests 40 years ago today (July 3 1974)

1970s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Image: U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) joins President Richard Nixon and Russian leaders in a toast after the signing of agreements at the Kremlin on July 3, 1974 following a seven-day summit.

(Wednesday, July 3, 1974; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a treaty today in Moscow limiting the size of underground nuclear weapons tests. Nixon then flew back to the U.S., landing at a small air force base in Maine and gave the nation a report on his foreign travels (click here for video at 2:35:53).

Kennedy sworn-in as first chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission 80 years ago today (July 2 1934)

1930s


Image: '"KENNEDYS DON'T CRY" (1975)' (July 2, 1934, at 8:22)

(Monday, July 2, 1934; during the Great Depression) — Appointed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., was sworn-in today as chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission, charged with regulating the manipulation of stock prices that Kennedy had mastered decades earlier.