First Plutonium Produced at Hanford: The Bomb Gets Its Fuel
Scientists at the Hanford Atomic Facility successfully produce plutonium for the first time, creating the fissile material that powers the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki. This breakthrough directly enabled the weapon's deployment, which accelerated Japan's surrender and brought World War II to a close just weeks later.
November 6, 1944
82 years ago
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Der Verkauf von Lehen wird im Heiligen Römischen Reich durch Kaiser Lothar III. verboten.
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Pfalzgraf Ruprecht I. schlägt mit seinem Reichsheer die rheinischen Städte des Schwäbischen Städtebundes bei Worms.
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