Atomic bomb test marks 70th birthday amid renewed interest
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 17:00
in Physics & Chemistry
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) -- When a flash of light beamed from the arid New Mexico desert early on July 16, 1945, residents of the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa felt windows shake and heard dishes fall. Some in the largely Catholic town fell to their knees and prayed....