January 22

1968


A B-52 crashed 7‚ miles south of Thule Air Force Base in Greenland, scattering the radioactive fragments of four hydrogen bombs over the terrain after a fire broke out in the navigator's compartment. The contaminated ice and airplane debris were sent back to the U.S., with the bomb fragments going back to the manufacturer in Amarillo, Tx. The incident outraged the people of Denmark (which owns Greenland and which prohibits nuclear weapons over its territory) and led to massive anti-U.S. demonstrations.
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