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On This Day In January 1993 - U.S. ______ George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Moscow.?

On This Day In January 1995 - WHO reported that the cumulative total of officially reported cases of ______ had risen to 1,025,073 in 192 countries as at the end of 1994.?

On This Day In January 1995 - The U.S. ______ Service raised the price of the first-class stamp to 32 cents.?

On This Day In January 1997 - ______ Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC's "Today" show.?

On This Day In January 1998 - China announced that it would spend $27.7 billion to fight ______ and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.?