Today in 1967: The U.S. signs the Outer Space Treaty

Jan 27, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin

Newt Gingrich’s planned U.S. moon base would be governed chiefly by the Outer Space Treaty, which the U.S. became a signatory to 45 years ago today.

Today in 2002: Cheney first publicly claims Iraq has WMDs

Aug 26, 2011 By: Jeremy Byellin

On August 26, 2002, in an address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, then-Vice President Dick Cheney first claimed Iraq had acquired weapons of mass destruction.

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