France conducts its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966–70_French_nuclear_tests" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1966–70 French nuclear tests">nuclear weapon test</a> in the Pacific, on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moruroa" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moruroa">Moruroa</a> Atoll.