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Greenpeace members entered the Nevada nuclear weapons polygon and managed to stop the test.

38
years ago

08 April 1986,

Greenpeace members entered the Nevada nuclear weapons test site and managed to stop the test. 82 members were arrested for temporarily stopping the Mighty Oak nuclear test. The anti-nuclear movement launched numerous initiatives against the Nevada polygon.

Source:

Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje, Trends in Anti-Nuclear Protests in the United States, 1984-1987

On this day
1857Zipayo Mangal Pandey was hanged in India for an attack on British soldiers
1950Josep Lluís Faceras, a member of the CNT, exploits a police station in Barcelona
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1986-03-12
No to NATO in Hego Euskal Herria
1986-04-08
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1986-04-26
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1986-11-06
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1986-11-17
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1986-12-13
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