On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:31:28AM -0600, Carson Chittom wrote: > Carson Chittom <[email protected]> writes: > > > Today's calendar reminder includes: > > > >> Nov 18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952 > > > > All the sources I could find online say that the first hydrogen bomb, > > the Ivy Mike device, was actually detonated on Nov 1 local (Oct 31 > > UTC). Wikipedia has a writeup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike > > > > Additionally, the common spelling of the atoll appears to be Enewetak > > (not -tok). > > Sorry, should have said, this is from calendar.history. > > Though I note that calendar.ushistory includes a line also: > > > 05/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956 > > Not sure what this is a reference to.
This is probably referring to the Cherokee test. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Redwing -Otto
