first atomic device was detonated July 16, 1945.
El Paso Times Local news: "Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Thousands drawn to site of first atomic blast
By Ramon Renteria
El Paso Times
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE - The spot where the world's first atomic bomb exploded is not much more than a cone-shaped rock monument at ground zero.
Yet thousands of curious pilgrims - at least 92,745 since official figures were first compiled in 1980 - arrive year after year at an isolated place in the New Mexico desert on the northern edge of White Sands Missile Range.
A few thousand more Trinity Site pilgrims will inflate the attendance roster Saturday as White Sands Missile Range officials open the national historic landmark to observe the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first atomic bomb.
That explosion soon ended World War II, ushered the atomic age into the 20th century, helped start the Cold War and has helped the United States maintain its superpower status during the past 60 years, according to various historians."
Thousands drawn to site of first atomic blast
By Ramon Renteria
El Paso Times
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE - The spot where the world's first atomic bomb exploded is not much more than a cone-shaped rock monument at ground zero.
Yet thousands of curious pilgrims - at least 92,745 since official figures were first compiled in 1980 - arrive year after year at an isolated place in the New Mexico desert on the northern edge of White Sands Missile Range.
A few thousand more Trinity Site pilgrims will inflate the attendance roster Saturday as White Sands Missile Range officials open the national historic landmark to observe the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first atomic bomb.
That explosion soon ended World War II, ushered the atomic age into the 20th century, helped start the Cold War and has helped the United States maintain its superpower status during the past 60 years, according to various historians."
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