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Harry S. Truman - The First U.S. hydrogen bomb

Time: Wednesday Jan 7, 1953

Place: U.S.

Details: In response, on January 7, 1953, Truman announced the detonation of the first U.S. hydrogen bomb, which was much more powerful than the Soviet Union's atomic weapons.

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