29th August 1949: President Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) signing the North Atlantic Treaty which marked the beginning of NATO, behind him are (from left) Sir Derrick Hoyes Miller, Henrik de Kauffman, W D Matthews, Louis Johnson, Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstienne, Henry Bonnet, Pedro Theotonio Pereira, Dean Acheson, Jontchess reuchlin and Mario Lucienni. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
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