Some Important Dates Relating to Pugwash, Joseph Rotblat and the History of Nuclear Weapons
1940s
- 1945The first atomic bomb test, code named Trinity, occurs in New Mexico.
- 1945Hiroshima and Nagasaki are destroyed by two U.S. atomic bombs.
- 1949The U.S.S.R. conducts its first atomic bomb test.
1950s
- 1952The U.K. conducts its first atomic bomb test, in Australia.
- 1954Castle Bravo H-bomb test conducted by the U.S. on Bikini Atoll.
- 1954The Lucky Dragon No.5 fishing boat radioactive fall-out incident.
- 1955The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is issued at a press conference in London.
- 1957Twenty-two international scientists attend the first Pugwash Conference.
- 1958The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is founded in London.
1960s
- 1960France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara Desert of Algeria.
- 1962The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs.
- 1963The Partial Test Ban treaty is signed by the U.S.S.R., U.K. and the U.S.A.
- 1964China conducts its first atomic bomb test.
- 1968The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is signed by the five nuclear weapons states.
1970s
- 1973The Paris Peace Accords are signed between North Vietnam and the U.S.
- 1974India explodes its first atomic bomb, code-named Smiling Buddha.
1980s
- 1985Gorbachev comes to power in the U.S.S.R.
- 1989The Berlin Wall comes down. The Cold War Ends.
1990s
- 1991Break-up of the USSR
- 1995The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Joseph Rotbat and the Pugwash Conferences.
- 1996The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is adopted by the United Nations.
- 1998India and Pakistan conduct a series of atomic bomb tests.
2000s
- 2005Sir Joseph Rotblat dies in London, aged 96.
- 2006North Korea explodes an atomic bomb.
- 2007The Pugwash organization marks its 50th Anniversary in Pugwash, N.S.
- film by Eric Bednarski
- Production Kent Martin
- © 2008 National Film Board of Canada