On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world's first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan ...

At 0530, 16 July 1945, in a remote ... the first full-scale test was made of the implosion type atomic fission bomb. For the first time in history there was a nuclear explosion.

On July 16, 1945, at exactly 5:29:45 a.m., the world ... Here is a video of the first nuclear bomb test: Read next ...

On July 16, 1945, the US conducted the world's first test of a nuclear weapon. Less than a month later, two bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing about the ...

On 16 July 1945 the US detonated the world’s first nuclear bomb in the New Mexico desert. The test was final, terrible proof that nuclear energy could be weaponised, and prompted Robert ...