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Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project: Below the bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (a coded message, "The Italian navigator has landed in the new world" is then sent to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt). -
Battle of the Bismarck Sea
US and Australia sink Japan convoy ships -
Fire at Gulf Hotel
A fire in a Houston hotel kills 55 people -
First atomic bomb
The Trinity test detonates the world's first atomic bomb. -
Coal Mine Explodes
A coal mine in Illinois explodes and kills 111 miners -
The Great Brinks Robbery
11 thieves steal more than $2,000,000 from an armored car in Boston -
ANZUS Treaty
The United States, Austrilla, and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty. -
End of War
President Truman declared an official end to a war with Germany -
First Corvette
The first Chevy Corvette is built in Flint, Michigan -
New Chief Justice
Earl Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the US by president Eisenhower