Nearly one million people protested for the disarmament of nuclear weapons in Central Park, New York City.
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French President Jacques Chirac announced France's nuclear test program had finished.
Smith and Wesson patented the first metal bullet cartridges.
An unidentified double flash of light was detected over the Indian Ocean south of Africa.
New York City allocated hundreds of acres of land in Manhattan for Central Park.
The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.
