Sahara: Timeline

1960   February 13 — Nuclear testing Nuclear testing

Nuclear testing is experimentation with nuclear weapon [i]s. ... 

: France France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ... 

 tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara.

1976   Spain Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a Europe [i]an parliamentary monarchy [i]. ... 

 gives up territories in Sahara but retains its enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta Ceuta

Ceuta is a Spanish [i] exclave [i] in North Africa [i], located on the Mediterranean, on the south ... 

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1982   Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG [i], OM [i], PC [i] ... 

, disappears in the Sahara during Paris-Dakar rally. He is rescued January 14.