Strydom was sentenced to death but the South African government declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 1990. He was released in 1992. The square has since been renamed Lilian Ngoyi Square. (15 November 1988)
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Three Mile Island
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Wednesday 28th of March 1979 (x) — A partial nuclear meltdown of the TMI-2 reactor in Unit 2 occurs due to a loss-of-coolant accident Within days 140.000 people had left the area to escape the release of small amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment.
Friday 20th of September 2019 (x) — Unit 1 of the Nuclear Generating Station is shut down The plant is widely known for having been the site of the most significant accident in United States commercial nuclear energy on 28 March 1979 when TMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown.