History Daily: France Sinks Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior

American History Tellers

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🗓️ 10 July 2023

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July 10, 1985. While berthed in New Zealand, a Greenpeace protest ship is sunk by French intelligence agents.

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0:00.0	You're listening to American History Tellers, a podcast I host to bring you some of the most
0:04.7	fascinating, engrossing, and important stories from American history. But of course, important
0:09.9	events happen all over the world, and history is made every day. So I'm pleased to tell you that I
0:15.2	have another podcast, History Daily, where every weekday I take you back in time to explore a
0:20.6	momentous event that happened on this day in history, all in 20 minutes or less. You're about
0:25.8	to hear today's episode of History Daily. And moving forward, we're going to give you another
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2:02.7	get your podcasts. It's almost midnight on July 10th 1985 aboard the ship Rainbow Warrior
2:18.9	at Fort in Auckland, New Zealand. Fernando Pereira and his crewmates raised their beer bottles
2:24.4	and cheers. Fernando flashes an impish smile for downing the last of his drink. Tonight the
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