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The mushroom cloud formed from the first hydrogen bomb explosion, code named Ivy Mike

The mushroom cloud formed from the first hydrogen bomb explosion, code named Ivy Mike, which destroyed the island of Elugelab in the Enewetak atoll. The United States tested 67 nuclear weapons during the period of the Cold War including Castle Bravo which was the largest nuclear test ever conducted. Marshall Islands, Micronesia

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1929: portrait of Marie Bard, poster girl for the Red Cross

1929: portrait of Marie Bard, poster girl for the Red Cross. The caption of time read Marie Bard, 22, who is the model for the 1930 Red Cross poster and US postage stamp illustrated by artist Lawrence Wilbur. She doesn't smoke, doesn't stay up late, and cooks and cleans for her mother, a pharmacist, and her father, a coffee and tea importer, in Astoria, Queens. New York, New York, USA

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1883: painting of John J Montgomery in his gliding machine

1883: painting of John J Montgomery in his gliding machine. An American inventor, Montgomery was best known for his early experiments with heavier than air flying machines. He died in 1911, the result of a gliding accident. Santa Clara, California, USA

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