1945: First atomic bomb exploded near Alamogordo, New Mexico
On this day in 1945 the United States detonated the world’s first atomic bomb during the Trinity test in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The successful culmination of the top secret Manhattan Project marked the beginning of the atomic age and paved the way for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and the end of World War II—just weeks later.
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Image: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The blonde bombshell American dancer and actress Ginger Rogers, born this day in 1911, achieved fame as the partner of Fred Astaire in a series of popular musicals and later won an Oscar for her dramatic performance in Kitty Foyle (1940).
Fred Astaire was not merely an impressive dancer, but an acrobat, and tended to get top billing.
Rogers fans acknowledged she matched Fred Astaire step for step, but she danced backwards, & in high heels.
ref: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day
Happy Birthday Ginger
