Sep 16, 2021U.S. and Soviets Each Detonate Nuclear DevicesSept. 16, 1961 - The United States and the Soviet Union detonated nuclear devices today. Both were announced in Washington by the Atomic...
Sep 6, 2021Russians Explode Nuclear Device East of StalingradSept. 6, 1961 - The Atomic Energy Commission announced today that the Soviet Union had detonated a fourth nuclear device in the...
Aug 9, 2021Khrushchev Warns of "Mega-Bomb"Aug. 9, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev warned today that the Soviet Union was capable of constructing a rocket with an explosive warhead...
Aug 6, 2021Atom Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima 16 Years Ago TodayAug. 6, 1961 - Just before dawn today, the priests and the people of Hiroshima (pictured in August, 1945) gathered to pray before the...
