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Scientists declared that they wanted to use nuclear weapons for military purposes starting the Manhattan Project.
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At 5:30 A.M., the first trinity test to occur happens in the Los Alamos. Oppenheimer was the first to discover and test this out, naming it "Trinity" inspired by the poetry of John Doanne, and American poet.
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The bombing of Hiroshima occurred, the first nuclear bomb dropped on a global scale, and devastated many Japans, many of whom were civilians. Three days later, Nagasaki was bombed as well.
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President Truman announces the explosion of the first Soviet atomic bomb.
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The North Atlantic Treaty establishes NATO, a military alliance aimed at protecting Western nations from the Soviet bloc.
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Britain announces that it will develop thermonuclear devices.
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The Soviet Union announces their first successful launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
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October 16 - 29
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. The U.S. discovers that the Soviet Union is supplying nuclear weapons to Cuba. The U.S. blockades Cuba for thirteen days while President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev work out a deal in which the Soviet Union publicly removes its missiles from Cuba and the U.S. privately removes missiles from Turkey. The crisis brings the two nation almost to the point of nuclear warfare. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) opens in Vienna, where the nations met to talk about limiting nuclear weaponry.