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Lilienthal's Opinion
Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission officially announced that the U.S was refraining from developing a hydrogen bomb.
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Truman's Announcement
President Harry Truman publicly announced his decision for the AEC to continue developing all forms of atomic weapons, including the hydrogen bomb.
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The Mike Test
The first Hydrogen bomb ever was detonated by the United States in the Pacific on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
[CItation]((http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page05.shtml))
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The Soviets Take the Lead
The Soviet press announced that the USSR had tested a hydrogen bomb. The damage was 30 times larger than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and was small enough to fit in a plane.
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Oppenheimer's Fall
Oppenheimer, a cheif advisor to the US Atomic Energy Comission, had his security clearance taken away after he was thought to be a supporter to communism when he announced that he opposed the devlopment of the Hydrogen bomb.
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The Bravo Test
Another test of the Hydrogen bomb by the United States of America on the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
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Soviet Union's first Hydrogen Bomb
CitationThe Soviet Union detonated their first true hydrogen bomb at the Semipalatinsk test site. https://www.google.com/search?q=china's+first+hydrogen+bomb&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=oJJyU7XZLI2UyASKwIGAAw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1173&bih=596#q=soviet+union+first+hydrogen+bomb&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=ruHDVgPJDsdhuM%3A;_xa_8AioTP8FsM;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atomicarchive.com%2FHistory%2Fcoldwar%2Fimages%2FH51s.j -
Operation Grapple
Britain's first successful hydrogen bomb was detonated on November 8, 1957, over Christmas Island in the Pacific.
[Citation]((http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page10.shtml))
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Soviet Hyrdrogen Bomb Testing
Soviet hydrogen bomb testing culminated
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China joins the race
China detonated its first hydrogen bomb on June 14, 1967
[Citation]((http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page12.shtml))
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