On this day the last King of the K'iche' Maya people was killed during a battle in what is now Guatemala.
All in War
The bomber was carrying four hydrogen bombs and they ruptured on impact scattering radioactive debris across miles of sea ice.
At about 2 in the morning the bow of the sub plowed into a wall of rock and mud.
Cologne Cathedral would take over 600 years to complete. The main purpose was to provide a suitable home for the Shrine of the Three Kings.
In the first successful test of an atomic weapon, the concrete and steel of the testing tower was vaporized instantly and the floor of the desert was turned into a bowl of glass 10 feet thick and 1000 feet wide.