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Charles de Gaulle - France became the world's fourth nuclear power

Time: Saturday Feb 13, 1960

Place: Algiers, Algeria

Details: On 13 February 1960, France became the world's fourth nuclear power when a high-powered nuclear device was exploded in the Sahara some 700 miles south-south-west of Algiers.

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