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The first successful British H-bomb test - Operation Grapple X Round C1, which took place over Kiritimati. Grapple X was dropped and detonated over the southern end of Christmas Island on 8 November 1957. The two-stage thermonuclear bomb exploded with a force of 1.8 megatons. Read more [video=ht...

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The Armenia was a transport ship operated by the Soviet Union during World War II to carry both wounded soldiers and military cargo. Armenia was sunk on 7 November 1941 by German torpedo-carrying He 111 aircraft while the ship was evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff from several of Cr...

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CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full rigged ship, with auxiliary steam power, captained by Confederate States Navy Commander James Waddell The CSS Shenandoah was surrendered by Captain Waddell to the Captain of HMS Donegal on November 6, 1865, after travel...

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The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. Construction on B Reactor began in August 1943 and was completed just over a year later, on September 13, 1944. The react...

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Amchitka island was selected by the United States Atomic Energy Commission to be the site for underground detonations of nuclear weapons. Cannikin, the last test at the Amchitka facility was detonated on 6 November 1971. At approximately 5 megatons, it was the largest underground test in US histo...

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The summer ploughing season in Flanders Fields is a good time for Ivan Sinnaeve. Known as "Shrapnel Charlie," he keeps alive memories of one of history's bloodiest battles by melting down the World War I shells harvested by farmers and transforming them into toy soldiers which he calls &...

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Catholicon (from the Greek, universal) is a Breton-French-Latin dictionary. It is the first Breton dictionary and also the first French dictionary. Read more

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The final test of Operation Fishbowl was detonated at 2130 (9:30 p.m. local Johnston Island time) on 3 November 1962 (the time and date was officially recorded as 0730 UTC, 4 November 1962). It was launched on a Nike-Hercules missile, and detonated at a lower altitude than the other Fishbowl tests. A...

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The Forties Oil Field is the largest oil field in the North Sea, 110 miles east of Aberdeen. It was discovered in 1970 and first produced oil in 1975 under ownership of BP. Named Forties after the sea area in which it lies, the field began producing oil in September 1975 and was officially inaugurated by...

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The M1 is a north-south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Presto...

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Ivy Mike was the codename given to the first United States nuclear test of a fusion device, in which a major part of the explosive yield came from nuclear fusion. It was detonated on November 1, 1952 by the United States at 11.6709°N 162.1980°E on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, as part of Opera...

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Operation Buster-Jangle was a series of seven (six atmospheric, one underground) nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. Buster-Jangle was the first joint test program between the DOD and Los Alamos National Laboratories. 6,500 troops were invo...

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Europe's oldest prehistoric town unearthed in Bulgaria Archaeologists in Bulgaria say that have uncovered the oldest prehistoric town found to date in Europe. The walled fortified settlement, near the modern town of Provadia, is thought to have been an important centre for salt production. Its...

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Wylfa nuclear plant: Hitachi officials visit Anglesey Officials from Japanese firm Hitachi will visit Anglesey later after taking over a project to build a new nuclear power station on the island. The Horizon development aims to build a £8bn replacement for the Wylfa plant. [url=http://www.bbc...

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Psychic pair fail scientific test A scientific experiment has found that two mediums were unable to demonstrate that they had special psychic powers. Read more

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	Operation Grapple X Round C1, 1957 (Preview) The first successful British H-bomb test - Operation Grapple X Round C1, which took place over Kiritimati. Grapple X was dropped and detonated over the southern end of Christmas Island on 8 November 1957. The two-stage thermonuclear bomb exploded with a force of 1.8 megatons. Read more [video=ht...	Blobrana	1	Nov 8 07:55 2012 by Blobrana
	Armenia transport ship (Preview) The Armenia was a transport ship operated by the Soviet Union during World War II to carry both wounded soldiers and military cargo. Armenia was sunk on 7 November 1941 by German torpedo-carrying He 111 aircraft while the ship was evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff from several of Cr...	Blobrana	0	Nov 7 07:34 2012 by Blobrana
	CSS Shenandoah (Preview) CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full rigged ship, with auxiliary steam power, captained by Confederate States Navy Commander James Waddell The CSS Shenandoah was surrendered by Captain Waddell to the Captain of HMS Donegal on November 6, 1865, after travel...	Blobrana	0	Nov 6 07:48 2012 by Blobrana
	Hanford Site (Preview) The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned nuclear production complex on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States federal government. Construction on B Reactor began in August 1943 and was completed just over a year later, on September 13, 1944. The react...	Blobrana	0	Nov 6 07:47 2012 by Blobrana
	Cannikin nuclear test (Preview) Amchitka island was selected by the United States Atomic Energy Commission to be the site for underground detonations of nuclear weapons. Cannikin, the last test at the Amchitka facility was detonated on 6 November 1971. At approximately 5 megatons, it was the largest underground test in US histo...	Blobrana	1	Nov 6 07:54 2012 by Blobrana
	Battle of Passendale (Preview) The summer ploughing season in Flanders Fields is a good time for Ivan Sinnaeve. Known as "Shrapnel Charlie," he keeps alive memories of one of history's bloodiest battles by melting down the World War I shells harvested by farmers and transforming them into toy soldiers which he calls &...	Blobrana	4	Nov 6 07:53 2012 by Blobrana
	Catholicon (Preview) Catholicon (from the Greek, universal) is a Breton-French-Latin dictionary. It is the first Breton dictionary and also the first French dictionary. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 5 07:58 2012 by Blobrana
	Operation Fishbowl (Preview) The final test of Operation Fishbowl was detonated at 2130 (9:30 p.m. local Johnston Island time) on 3 November 1962 (the time and date was officially recorded as 0730 UTC, 4 November 1962). It was launched on a Nike-Hercules missile, and detonated at a lower altitude than the other Fishbowl tests. A...	Blobrana	1	Nov 4 06:48 2012 by Blobrana
	Forties Oil Field (Preview) The Forties Oil Field is the largest oil field in the North Sea, 110 miles east of Aberdeen. It was discovered in 1970 and first produced oil in 1975 under ownership of BP. Named Forties after the sea area in which it lies, the field began producing oil in September 1975 and was officially inaugurated by...	Blobrana	0	Nov 3 06:50 2012 by Blobrana
	M1 motorway (Preview) The M1 is a north-south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Presto...	Blobrana	1	Nov 2 07:19 2012 by Blobrana
	Ivy Mike (Preview) Ivy Mike was the codename given to the first United States nuclear test of a fusion device, in which a major part of the explosive yield came from nuclear fusion. It was detonated on November 1, 1952 by the United States at 11.6709°N 162.1980°E on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, as part of Opera...	Blobrana	2	Nov 1 07:02 2012 by Blobrana
	Operation Buster-Jangle (Preview) Operation Buster-Jangle was a series of seven (six atmospheric, one underground) nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. Buster-Jangle was the first joint test program between the DOD and Los Alamos National Laboratories. 6,500 troops were invo...	Blobrana	1	Nov 1 07:00 2012 by Blobrana
	Provadia (Preview) Europe's oldest prehistoric town unearthed in Bulgaria Archaeologists in Bulgaria say that have uncovered the oldest prehistoric town found to date in Europe. The walled fortified settlement, near the modern town of Provadia, is thought to have been an important centre for salt production. Its...	Blobrana	0	Oct 31 23:03 2012 by Blobrana
	Wylfa nuclear plant (Preview) Wylfa nuclear plant: Hitachi officials visit Anglesey Officials from Japanese firm Hitachi will visit Anglesey later after taking over a project to build a new nuclear power station on the island. The Horizon development aims to build a £8bn replacement for the Wylfa plant. [url=http://www.bbc...	Blobrana	0	Oct 31 16:35 2012 by Blobrana
	Psychic test (Preview) Psychic pair fail scientific test A scientific experiment has found that two mediums were unable to demonstrate that they had special psychic powers. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 31 15:37 2012 by Blobrana
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