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12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA

  • 12th April 2021
  • Tagged as: Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Communism, President, USA

On the 12th April 1945, Harry Truman became the 33rd President of the United States when his predecessor, Franklin D Roosevelt, suddenly died while having his portrait painted.

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5th February 1958: Nuclear bomb lost off Tybee Island in Georgia, USA after an in-air collision

  • 5th February 2021
  • Tagged as: Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Nuclear, USA

An American Mark 15 thermonuclear bomb was lost off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia following an in-air collision.

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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA

  • 3rd February 2021
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Nuclear, USA, USSR

Operation Looking Glass began flying an Airborne Command Post above the United States 24 hours a day.

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24th December 1955: NORAD tracks Santa for the first time

  • 24th December 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Christmas, Cold War, Nuclear, USA

On the 24th December 1955, the Colorado Springs’ Continental Air Defense Command first began giving children the current location of Santa as he made his way across the world delivering presents.

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9th November 1979: A computer error at NORAD reports that the USSR had fired hundreds of nuclear missiles at the USA

  • 9th November 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Missile, NORAD, Nuclear, Soviet Union, United States, USA, USSR

When news of the incident reached the Soviet Union, party leader Leonid Brezhnev wrote to Carter condemning the ‘tremendous danger’ caused by the error.

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30th October 1961: The Tsar Bomba detonated by the USSR

  • 30th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Explosion, Khrushchev, Nuclear, Tsar Bomba, USSR

The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive weapon ever created, was detonated by the USSR.

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23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test

  • 23rd September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Manhattan Project, Nuclear, Science, Technology, Truman, United States, USA, USSR

‘The eventual development of this new force by other nations was to be expected. This probability has always been taken into account by us’.

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6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • 6th August 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Bomb, Japan, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

On the 6th August 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay.

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16th July 1945: USA tests the first ever nuclear bomb, code-named ‘Trinity’

  • 16th July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Germany, Nazi, Second World War, USA, USSR

The 16th July 1945 marked the start of the atomic age when the USA detonated the first nuclear bomb under the codename ‘Trinity’.

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5th July 1946: The bikini swimsuit introduced four days after a Bikini Atoll atomic test

  • 5th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Atomic Bomb, Bikini, Bikini Atoll, Fashion, France, Nuclear, Swimsuit

The bikini swimsuit was introduced for the first time, four days after an atomic test at the Bikini Atoll.

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