▁and ▁personally ▁witness ing ▁France ' s ▁third ▁nuclear ▁test ▁at ▁the ▁Mur uro a ▁At oll ▁near ▁T ah iti ▁while ▁we aring ▁a ▁radiation ▁suit . ▁ ▁De ▁Ga ulle ▁had ▁spent ▁the ▁night ▁on ▁the ▁n avy ▁cru iser ▁De ▁Gr asse ▁after ▁unf avor able ▁wind s ▁had ▁forced ▁a ▁ 2 4 - hour ▁post pon ement ▁of ▁test . ▁ ▁Despite ▁continued ▁wind s ▁that ▁would ▁blow ▁the ▁fall out ▁west ▁toward ▁inhab ited ▁islands , ▁rather ▁than ▁south ▁to ▁Ant arct ica , ▁the ▁test ▁took ▁place ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁President ▁could ▁see ▁it ▁before ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁his ▁next ▁scheduled ▁stop ." De ▁Ga ulle ▁Se es ▁At omic ▁Bl ast ▁In ▁Pol yn esia ", ▁Colorado ▁Spr ings ▁( CO ) ▁Gazette - Te legraph , ▁September ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁p 1 ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁nuclear ▁fall out ▁and ▁radio active ▁cont am ination ▁swe pt ▁across ▁T ah iti , ▁the ▁Cook ▁Islands , ▁Ni ue , ▁the ▁Sam o an ▁Islands , ▁T ong a , ▁Wall is ▁and ▁Fut una , ▁F iji ▁and ▁Tu valu , ▁as ▁monitor ed ▁by ▁stations ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁Gia como ▁Ag ost ini ▁won ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁Grand ▁Prix ▁motor cycle ▁racing ▁world ▁champion ships , ▁including ▁seven ▁consecutive ▁ 5 0 0 ▁cc ▁motor cycle ▁world ▁titles . ▁P itch er ▁N olan ▁Ryan ▁played ▁his ▁first ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball