Today in history

April 28

1961
Catholic workers refuse to leave park in Manhattan during nuclear civil defense drill
1977
Mothers hold first rally for the disappeared at Plaza de la Maya, Buenos Aires

1978
At the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility, near Denver, over 5,000 protested and 284 were arrested for blocking railroad tracks entering the plant.

Criminal trespasser, Lynn Langford – Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility, 1978

Photo from the early 1980s, people circle the facility in protest.

1996
Sixty-one arrested for dismantling railroad tracks leading out of Gundremmingen nuclear power station, Bavaria, Germany.