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Discovery of Natural Radioactivity
Discovered by Alt Becquerel -
Discovery of Electrons
Discovered by JJ Thompson -
Discovery of the Nucleus
Discovered by Ernest Rutherford -
WWI begins
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Einstein Publishes Theory of Relativity
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Civil Defense Formed
A US council on nuclear strageties -
US enters WWI
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Discovery of Fission
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Discovery of the Proton
Discovered by Ernest Rutherford -
World War I ends
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Discovery of Neutrons
Discovered by James Chadwick -
Fermi wins Nobel Prize
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Letter to Roosevelt
Written by Einstein to warn Roosevelt about nuclear weapons -
WWII begins
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Roosevelt speaks at the Pan American Conference
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Discovery of Plutonium
Discovered by Glenn T Seaburg -
Pearl Harbour
Japan attacks US starts war -
US enters WWII
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First Sustained/Controlled Nuclear Reaction
Done by Enrico Fermi -
Beginning of Manhattan Project
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V-Day
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WWII ends
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D-Day
Date of the Invasion of Europe -
Plowshare
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Trinity
21 kilotons -
Nagasaki
Second City of Japan nuked, 21 kilotons -
VJ-Day
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Hiroshima
First city nuked in Japan killed 70000. was 15 kilotons -
Nuclear Energy Commission Begins
AEC created -
Able
23 Kilotons -
Baker
20 Kilotons and was tested underwater -
Yoke
41 kilotons -
X-Ray
37 kilotons -
Klaus Fuchs leaks information to USSR
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First Russian Bomb
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Ranger-Able
1 kiloton -
Greenhouse Easy
47 kilotons -
Greenhouse Item
45.5 kilotons -
First Nuclear Test for Britian
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Ivey Mike
10 Megatons -
Upshot-Knothole-Grable
15 kilotons -
Upshot-Knothole-Encore
27 kilotons -
Atoms For Peace
Speech U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives to the UN General Assembly in New York City -
Greenhouse George
11 kilotons -
Teak
3.8 megatons -
Cactus
18 Kilotons -
University of Florida build Research Reactor
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First Nuclear Test for France
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Tsar Bomba
50 megatons -
Last Atmospheric US test
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Lasted from October 14-18 -
Limited Test Ban Treaty
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First Chinese Nuclear Test
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Nuclear Non-Profliterian Treaty
opened on july 1 -
Stragetic Arms Limitation Treaty I
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Outer Space Treaty
adopted by United Nations -
First Nuclear Test for India
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The Last Reactor built in the United States
According to the US Dept. of Energy, the last reactor built was the "River Bend" plant in Louisiana. -
Stragetic Arms Limitation Treaty II
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Last Soviet Test
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Last French Nuclear Test
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Comprehensive Ban Treaty
Instituted into force in 2012 -
Last Pakistani Test
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Last Nuclear Test by India
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Last US Nuclear Test
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First Nuclear Test for Pakistan
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First Nuclear Test for North Korea
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The Latest Commission for a reactor in the US