3 October 1952
Operation Hurricane
Great Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, becoming the third state to test a nuclear weapon.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Monte Bello Islands in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Great Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, becoming the third state to test a nuclear weapon.
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