The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon in the history of humankind, the Tsar Bomba, on October 30, 1961.
On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon in history. The world had ...
The Tsar Bomba was built to be a pure act of intimidation—a spectacular, non-military show of force to prove Soviet nuclear ...
Again and again, the Russian president’s campaign of nuclear intimidation against Europe and NATO rings hollow.
In the 1990s the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the home of the American nuclear program, built an L-shaped ...
Trump’s nuclear push, Russia’s new weapons and China’s expanding stockpile have reignited fears of a global arms race ...
On October 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed the Department of War to begin nuclear weapons testing because “other countries are doing the same,” without specifying ...
President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to resume nuclear testing for the first time since a moratorium was declared in 1993.
US President Trump directed the Pentagon to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing, breaking a 33-year moratorium. The ...
Mineral Springs ghosts haunt historic hotel in Alton ...
Explore October 30 history including Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast, Tsar Bomba test, Mussolini's rise, and the first canned ...
In 1972, two commuter trains crashed in Chicago, killing 45 people and injuring more than 300. It was the country's worst ...