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1951

January.

US Atomic Commission acquired the Nevada Proving Grounds, later known as the Nevada Test Site. The area is 60 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

January 27th

First US nuclear test in the United States since the 'Trinity' test in July 1945. Ranger-Able was detonated at 5.45am with a yield of 1 kiloton.

April 10th

President Truman fired the US Commander in Korea, General Douglas MacArthur, following MacArthur's criticism of the President's decision not to attack China.

April 20th

Douglas MacArthur condemned the "blackmail" of appeasement, before Congress.

April 20th

US atomic weapon tests conducted at Eintewok, South Pacific, under the codename 'Operation Greenhouse'. 'Easy' was a structual effects test that had a yield of 47 kilotons.

May 24th

US nuclear test at Eintewok. 'Item' was the first test that used Tritium as a boosting agent. 'The Boosting Principle' idea yielded a blast of 45.5 kilotons.

French General Philippe Pétain died. Signed an armistice with Nazi Germany, 16th June 1940. His role in the Vichy collaboration with the Nazis earned him a death sentence, commuted to life imprisonment.

Australia, New Zealand and the United States signed the ANZUS Pact.

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