1950 ~ Klaus Fuchs was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
1954 ~ The Castle Bravo 15-megaton hydrogen bomb was detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It produced the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the U.S.
1975 ~ Color television transmission began in Australia.
1981 ~ Bobby Sands began his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
2002 ~ The peseta is replaced by the euro (€) as Spain's official currency.
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