On this day, 12 November 1984, a group of anti-nuclear weapon activists damaged a nuclear missile silo in Missouri, using sledgehammers and an air hammer.
Helen Woodson, Larry Morgan, and Carl and Paul Kabat were subsequently arrested and given extremely long jail sentences. Morgan was jailed for 10 years, the Kabats for eight years each, and Woodson, a mother of 11 (pictured upon her release), ended up serving 27 years inside. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1852696024915539/?type=3