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September 23, 1949

September 23, 1949

Harry Truman announces the explosion of the first Soviet atomic bomb, which came to be known as "Joe-1" (for Joseph Stalin) or First Lightning, to the American public.

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Newspaper announcing that the USSR has the bomb
Date Range: 
1949CE Sep 23rd
Era: 
1946 to 1949: Exploring Thermonuclear Weapons