Truman ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to work on all forms of nuclear weapons. That included hydrogen bombs. And a man ...

Thermonuclear weapons are nuclear weapons whose design uses the heat generated by a fission bomb to compress a ... U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the Atomic Energy Act in 1946 and ...

On January 31, 1950, President Harry Truman signed an order to create a hydrogen bomb. Less than two years later, on November 1, 1952, the USA was the first to test a multi-stage hydrogen bomb, ...

In the United States there had been urgent secret discussion of a new and vastly powerful 'super-bomb', but apparently the first President Truman heard of it was early in October 1949. Some of the Los ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. President Harry S. Truman holds up the Chicago Daily Tribune’s famously erroneous headline on Nov. 3, 1948, at St.

Only three men served less time in office as Vice President of the United States than Harry S. Truman. John Tyler succeeded to the presidency after thirty ... Melville Broughton thought his chances ...

75 years ago: Truman orders development of the H-bomb On January 31, 1950, US President Harry Truman officially ordered the development of thermonuclear weapons, also known as hydrogen bombs.

COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.

Do you know someone with the flu? This February, the flu bug has quickly spread around the Ozarks. KY3's Jackie Garrity examines the numbers to see how this season's flu compares to others. Scamme ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world… USNI News is the independent, non-profit news service of ...