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Jun 9, 2022

Former President Truman Calls Soviets Liars

June 9, 1962 - Former President Truman (pictured on his birthday last month) went on the radio today to brand as a lie a Soviet...

Sep 15, 2021

🚨U.S. Resumes Atomic Testing with Underground Blast in Nevada

Sept. 15, 1961 - The United States resumed atomic testing today by setting off a small underground explosion in Nevada. It was the first...

Sep 15, 2021

President Kennedy Urges Home Fallout Shelters

Sept. 15, 1961 - President Kennedy is spurring Americans to build home fallout shelters to cut the nation's losses in case of nuclear...

Sep 6, 2021

Russians Explode Nuclear Device East of Stalingrad

Sept. 6, 1961 - The Atomic Energy Commission announced today that the Soviet Union had detonated a fourth nuclear device in the...

Aug 1, 2021

McNamara Says Bomb Shelters Could Save 15 Million American Lives

Aug. 1, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that 50 million usable shelter spaces could provide a "Spartan" minimum...