The film is the first directed by an African-American in modern times. Fire aboard the Castillo de Belivar, off Cape Town, South Africa, results in a 250,000 ton oil spill. 3000 protest against U.S. nuclear destroyer Goldsborough, Melbourne, Australia. US responds by conducting more underground nuclear tests. Record three grand slams hit in a baseball game, Texas vs Baltimore.
Police refuse to make arrests.
Hundreds turn out at Seattle's Pier 90 to protest the first-ever arrival in Elliot Bay, for Seafair, of the Trident nuclear submarine U.S.S. Ohio on Hiroshima Day.