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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