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A little boy asked his father what a tickle looks like, and Robert Hargreaves’ first Mr. Men character, Mr. Tickle, was born.
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Weapons & Warfare
On 31st January, 1950, U.S. President Truman gave his approval for the hydrogen bomb to be built... Read more »
On 21st January, 1954, The first atomic submarine was launched... Read more »
On 1st March, 1954, The first practical hydrogen bomb was tested in the Bikini Atoll... Read more »
On 6th February, 1959, The U.S. first launched the Titan 1 liquid fuelled missile.... Read more »
On 9th June, 1959, The first submarine armed with ballistic missiles was launched... Read more »
On 13th April, 1960, The first navigational satellite, the Transit-1B, was launched... Read more »
On 29th March, 1967, The Le Redoutable nuclear powered submarine was launched... Read more »
On 5th March, 1970, The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty went into effect, limiting the transfer of nuclear weapons... Read more »
On 10th April, 1972, The Biological Weapons Convention was signed... Read more »
On 28th February, 1994, The Brady Bill went into effect in the USA, implementing background checks before a handgun could be purchased... Read more »
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