Nuclear Timeline

By JasonTheSponge

  • First Nuclear Project Started

    The Manhatten Project was established in the U.S, as the U.S was trying to build the first nuclear bomb.

  • Hiroshima bombing

    The U.S dropped the Little Boy bomb onto the city of Hiroshima, completely devastating the city.

  • UN calls for end of nuclear weapons.

    The UN calls for the complete elimination of the production of nuclear weapons.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The U.S discovered Soviet nuclear bombs in Cuba. The Soviet Union and the U.S almost enter war.

  • Latin America goes nuclear-free

    Latin America declares itself to be free of nuclear weapons.

  • Non-Proliferation Treaty is signed.

    The Treaty states that areas without nuclear weapons will not obtain them, an areas with nuclear weapons would disarm them.

  • A million people rally for the end of nuclear weapons.

    In New York Central Park, a million people gathered in the largest anti-nuclear weapons protest in history

  • Total Nuclear Test Ban is signed.

    China, France, UK, Russia, and the US all sign. India refuses to sign.

  • iCan is Founded

    The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weaponry is founded.