2013 Event During a U.N. conference on disarmament, North Korea threatens to destroy South Korea 2010 Event 60 countries are invited to participate in Iran's two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran April 17 - 18; China says it will attend 1986 Event 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm 1983 Event U.S.S.R. leave weapon disarmament talks 1983 Event Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral U.K. nuclear disarmament 1962 Event Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1960 Event British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament 1934 Event Disarmament conference in Geneva fails 1934 Event Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1932 Event Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries 1927 Event U.S. government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty 1927 Event President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference 1926 Event Denmark begins unilateral disarmament 1925 Event Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament 1925 Event SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament 1889 Birthday Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman/disarmament advocate, Nobel 1959 1863 Birthday Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker, Nobel 1934 1818 Event Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1340 Event England and France sign disarmament treaty