Timeline Saturday 13 February 1960

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Saturday 13 February 1960

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Events on Saturday 13 February 1960 1

1960 France conducts its first nuclear test Gerboise Bleue detonated in the Algerian desert France detonates its first atomic bomb, code-named Gerboise Bleue, in the Sahara desert near Reggane, Algeria. France becomes the world's fourth nuclear power.

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