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Did You Know…The First Atomic Bomb Exploded On This Day In 1945?

Thursday , 16, July 2015 Comments Off on Did You Know…The First Atomic Bomb Exploded On This Day In 1945?

On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the first atom bomb was successfully detonated at White Sands Proving Ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The assembled scientists wore welder’s goggles and shared suntan lotion. Enrico Fermi took bets on whether the atmosphere would ignite and destroy just the state of New Mexico, or the entire […]

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