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16th July 1945: USA detonates the first nuclear bomb under the codename ‘Trinity’

16th July 2023
Tagged as: America, Atomic, Nucl, Nuclear, Second World War, Truman, United States, USA

The explosion was equivalent to about 20 kilotons of TNT, and the blast-wave was felt by civilians up to 160 miles away.

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21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine

21st January 2021
Tagged as: America, Atomic, Manhattan Project, Navy, Nuclear, Science, Submarine, Technology, United States, USA, USS Nautilus

Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August 1958.

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16th July 1945: USA detonates the first nuclear bomb under the codename ‘Trinity’

21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada

24th September 1952: Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah

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

22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American Revolution

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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