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191 matches to Clear Grits Movement
Clear Grits Movement. 1848-51. Canadian political movement for representation by population.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Chernobyl. 1986. Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster.
Clearance of Scottish Highlands. 1790-1850. Increased sheep farming displaces tenant crofters.
CND. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Dulles, John. 1888-1959. US Secretary of State 1953-. Promoted SEATO, nuclear buildup, Eisenhower Doctrine.
Fuchs, Klaus. 1911-88. German/British nuclear physicist. Communist spy 1943-50.
Harriman, W. Averell. 1891-1986. US negotiator of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963.
Hydrogen Bomb. Thermonuclear or H-Bomb. 1952 US. 1953 USSR. 1957 Britain. 1968 France. 1971 China. 1974 India. ? Israel. Atomic Bomb.
Kennedy, John. 1917-63. US President 1961-. -“New Frontier”. Peace Corps. Apollo Program. Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated by Oswald. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 1968. USSR, US, UK, +59 others. Effective 1970.
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 1963. US, UK, USSR, + 100 signatories. No atmospheric, underwater, or space tests. France, China decline, continue testing.
Rickover, Hyman. 1900-86. US Admiral. “Father of nuclear submarine”.
Rutherford, Ernest. 1871-1937. NZ/English physicist. Beta rays 1899, Nuclear theory of atom1911.
Sato Eisaku. 1901-75. Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Shiloh, Battle. 1862. Second American Civil War battle. No clear victor.
Ships. Iron- Foss 1777. Clipper 1832. Paddle- Charlotte Dundas 1801. Screw- Archimedes 1839. Nuclear- Nautilus 1955.
Test Ban Treaty. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Three Mile Island. 1979. US nuclear power station accident.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.
Anglo-Catholicism. High Church movement in Church of England. Stresses link with Roman Catholic church. Oxford Movement.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.