James Cook · nuclear
Un calendario para contar este tema día a día: en cada día, el hecho más atado al tema (los demás, debajo). El botón tarjeta dibuja una imagen de ese día lista para publicar, con la fuente. Nadie ha elegido el tema: salió solo de la red (cómo); su nombre son las palabras que más distinguen sus hechos.
Enero
71 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1943 Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (died 1955)
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1773 Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1778 James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1995 The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
272 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1951 Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1967 Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1996 President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
Febrero
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1958 A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1971 Cold War: The Seabed Arms Control Treaty opens for signature, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1960 With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
141 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1779 James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (born 1728)
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1960 China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
Marzo
13 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1950 Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1954 Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
acontecimiento · 1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1954 Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
Abril
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1998 Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1770 Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1964 A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1770 James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
Mayo
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1963 Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1957 At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1974 Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1956 In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1998 Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1998 Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
Junio
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 2002 Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1770 British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1967 Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
Julio
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1961 On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1955 Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1945 Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1945 World War II: The arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.
Agosto
62 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1945 World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
1 más ese día
celebración · Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1945 World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1953 Thermonuclear bomb testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1770 James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1768 Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board , starting his first voyage of discovery.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1949 Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
Septiembre
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1987 Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
Octubre
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1945 The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Noviembre
12 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1951 Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1952 Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1962 The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1971 The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
71 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1728 James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1957 Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1955 The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1778 In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1981 Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
Diciembre
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1940 Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1777 Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
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