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Thatcher wasn't harmed, five others were killed and 31 were injured. A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use or attempted use of time bombs has been for various purposes including insurance fraud, terrorism, assassination, sabotage and warfare.
1933 – Leó Szilárd realizes the concept of the nuclear chain reaction, although no such reaction was known at the time. He invented the idea of an atomic bomb in 1933 while crossing a London street in Russell Square. He patented it in 1934. (British patent 630,726)
The effects were devastating. Many of the men fell gravely ill, and some of their children were born with deformities or handicaps. The controversial operation has never received official recognition from the Canadian government. 50 years after the tests, Time Bombs follows the Atomic Veterans in their quest for recognition from the government.
4000 BC: Probable time period of the first diamond-mines in the world, in Southern India. [124] 4000 BC: Paved roads, in and around the Mesopotamian city of Ur, Iraq. [125] 4000 BC: Plumbing. The earliest pipes were made of clay, and are found at the Temple of Bel at Nippur in Babylonia. [126] [b]
Texas City disaster: 2,100 metric tons of ammonium nitrate aboard a docked ship explode, ultimately killing at least 581 people, the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history. [19] 1952 Semtex, a general-purpose plastic explosive containing RDX and PETN, is invented by Stanislav Brebera. [20] 1955 ANFO is developed, consisting of 94% ...
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The Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, or MOAB, as it is also known, had never been used in combat until a U.S. MC-130 aircraft dropped one on Thursday. The fascinating origin of the GBU-43 'mother ...
Workers at the site were represented by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW). [1] Mound was declared a Superfund site and was put on the National Priorities list in 1989. In 2002, a decision was made to close the plant by 2006. [2] Cleanup of the site began in 1995. Work with tritium ended in 1997.