#bikini atoll
A bit of March 1st history…
752 BC - Romulus, 1st king of Rome, celebrates the 1st Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women
1781 - Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the 1st constitution of the USA
1870 - War of the Triple Alliance finally ends with the Battle of Cerra Cora and the death of Paraguayan Dictator Lopez after 5 years of bloodshed between Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
1872 - Yellowstone becomes world’s 1st national park (pictured)
1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
1932 - The “Lindbergh Kidnapping”, 20 month old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh kidnapped from home in NJ; found dead 12 May
1954 - US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US
2020 - First known COVID-19 case identified in New York, a health care worker returning from Iran
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Nuclear test bomb ‘Able’, Bikini Atoll, July 1, 1946. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 25 x 16,8 cm.
Between 1946 and 1958 twenty-three nuclear bombs were detonated at Bikini Atoll. 'Able’ was the first atomic bomb to be detonated after WWII and was part of 'Operation Crossroads’.
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