Historical place archive

Nevada in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Nevada in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1864–1999

Historical events in Nevada

1864

10 31 1864
Nevada Statehood
Abraham Lincoln · Republican Party Government

Nevada becomes the 36th state of the Union

1970

18 December 1970
Baneberry Nuclear Test
Richard Milhous Nixon · Republican Party Government

Operation Baneberry releases radioactive material after an underground nuclear test

1999

5 January 1999
Governor
Kenny Guinn · Government of USA

Sworn in as Governor of Nevada

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Nevada. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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