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Event
Trinity test
The first explosion of an atomic bomb, in New Mexico on 16 July 1945.
- Dates
- 16 Jul 1945
- Place
- Trinity Site
- Wikidata
- Q207342
Connections 3
involved
- Manhattan Project Primary record 1
- J. Robert Oppenheimer Primary record 1
- Leslie Groves Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 16 Jul 1945 Trinity test
Proof 1 source
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Manhattan Project: The Trinity Test, July 16, 1945, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet), 1999.
Primary record
At precisely 5:30 a.m. on Monday, July 16, 1945, the nuclear age began.
At 3:30, Groves and Oppenheimer pushed the time back to 5:30.
Page history 1 change
- Add the stories of the bomb and the crash of 20087f68c15
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