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On this day: November 29

Published On: Nov 29 2012 12:22:18 AM CST   Updated On: Nov 29 2012 01:00:00 AM CST

Edison shows off his phonograph, atom bomb testing heads underground, a chimpanzee orbits the Earth, the Pong craze begins, and the world loses another Beatle, all on this day.

OTD November 29 - Operation Buster-Jangle
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National Nuclear Security Administration

1951: The first U.S. underground atom bomb test is detonated at Frenchman Flat, a 123-square-mile dry lake bed at the Nevada Test Site. The 1.2 kiloton explosion, codenamed "Uncle" as the last of a series of seven tests termed Operation Buster-Jangle, takes place 17 feet underground and leaves behind a hole 53 feet deep and 260 feet wide.

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