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#OTD 1950: President Harry S. Truman announces that the US is developing the hydrogen bomb. The first H-Bomb, codenamed Ivy Mike, was detonated on Eniwetok atoll in November 1952 and measured 10.4 megatons. #coldwarhist
#OTD 1854: Lord Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of #Balaclava in the Crimean War. An ambiguous order from the commander, Lord Raglan, led Cardigan’s cavalry to charge the Russians while fire came from three different sides.