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July 16, 1945: Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based "The Gadget" Trinity nuke near Alamogordo, New Mexico.




The First Light of Trinity (New Yorker mag, July 16, 2015)

"Among the dead were..." Manhattan Project hagiographer/NYT science reporter William "Atomic Bill" Laurence (1888-1977) wrote some interesting contingency texts in the run-up to the Trinity Test in 1945.


Trinity Test fake press releases (10-page PDF)

Loeb’s article contradicted the U.S. War Department, The New York Times and its star reporter, William Laurence, whose exclusive reports helped shape (lie) postwar opinion on the bomb and atomic energy.


The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb


Cuban Missile Crisis era correspondence. Oppie to Groves re: the name "Trinity" - Oct. 20, 1962.




July 16, 1958: "THE MONSTER CREATED BY ATOMS GONE WILD!" "NO ONE ADMITTED ALONE without signing a waiver at theatre!" "$100 to the first person who can PROVE IT CAN'T HAPPEN!" Atomic ballyhoo for THE FLY. The film premiered in Los Angeles on Trinity Day '58. 2nd feature: SPACE MASTER X-7.




July 16, 1969: "LIFT-OFF! We have a lift-off, 32 minutes past the hour. Lift-off on Apollo 11."


Top sequence photo is from LIFE magazine (July 25, 1969). NASA Audio clips, pics, transcripts



The Story Behind TIME's 1969 Apollo Launch-Party Photos

CBS News’ Walter Cronkite anchored live television coverage with retired astronaut Wally Schirra:



This one will give you goosebumps. Ultimate Saturn V Launch with Enhanced Sound...volume to 11.




July 16, 1973: “Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the President?”

One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Four seconds.
Five seconds.

“I was aware of listening devices; yes, sir.”


Alexander Butterfield testified before the Senate Watergate Committee



Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died

Syphilis Victims in U.S. Study Went Untreated for 40 Years