Jordan Termine

Most Recent Articles by Jordan Termine

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  On This Day: US Detonates World’s First Atomic Bomb
  On July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project conducted the Trinity Test in New Mexico, the first atomic bomb detonation in history and the dawn of the Atomic Era.
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  On This Day: Einstein Publishes Theory of Special Relativity
  On June 30, 1905, Swiss patent clerk Albert Einstein published “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies,” introducing his relativity theory and launching a new era in physics.
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  On This Day: Mob Kills Mormon Church Founder Joseph Smith
  On June 27, 1844, a mob shot and killed Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, after breaking into the prison where he was held on treason charges.
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  On This Day: President Kennedy Declares “Ich bin ein Berliner”
  On June 26, 1963, in a speech before 200,000 citizens of Berlin, President John F. Kennedy declared “Ich bin ein Berliner,” meaning, “I am a Berliner.”
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  On This Day: The First Commercial Flight Is Hijacked
  On June 16, 1948, armed men hijacked a flight carrying 23 passengers from Macau to Hong Kong. Only one survived the plane’s subsequent crash.