Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mururoa Atoll in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Resumes nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia. France conducts nuclear tests beneath atolls southeast of Tahiti in French Polynesia, breaking a 1992 test moratorium despite worldwide protests from environmentalists
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Mururoa Atoll. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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