Date in year · 1962 · The 1960s
On July 6, 1962, as a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place. The year's #1 song was "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk. Jeff Dunham, Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, Jeff Minter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 6, 1962
Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives and large non-nuclear explosions for peaceful construction purposes. The program was organized in June 1957 as part of the worldwide Atoms for Peace efforts. As part of the program, 35 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests.
Around 1962
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.
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U.S. program examining the peaceful applications of nuclear explosives (1961–1977)
Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives and large non-nuclear explosions for peaceful construction purposes. The program was organized in June 1957 as part of the worldwide Atoms for Peace efforts. As part of the program, 35 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests.
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