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The first hydrogen bomb erupts in the Pacific over the Marshall Islands, Nov. 1, 1952.  The 82-ton bomb was the first test of a thermonuclear weapon.​

The UNIVAC computer was the first American commercial computer. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation.

The UNIVAC computer was the first American commercial computer.

Two monkeys, Baker and Able, were sent into space aboard the Jupiter missile. Photograph by Vince Finnigan. Reproduced by permission of Vince Finnigan and Getty Images.

Two monkeys were sent into space aboard the Jupiter missile.