1 July 1946
Operation Crossroads Able
Operation Crossroads begins with the Able airburst, testing a plutonium weapon against a fleet of target ships.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bikini Atoll in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Operation Crossroads begins with the Able airburst, testing a plutonium weapon against a fleet of target ships.
The United States conducts Castle Bravo, its most powerful nuclear test and a major source of radioactive fallout.
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