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#OTD in 1990, Greenpeace protesters dangled from the Astoria Bridge in Oregon in an attempt to block USS New Jersey from entering the Columbia River. The effort failed. Local officials noted that the New Jersey easily cleared the bridge because the protesters were already too high, and then "a couple of them went up a little higher" as the massive battleship approached. The New Jersey received a much warmer reception from the crowds lining the river bank who cheered and waved flags (along with t