Construction began on the Hoover Dam in Nevada.
It was originally called the Boulder Dam.
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The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
The US state of Nevada legalized gambling after previously banning it in 1909.
The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.
Nevada became the 36th state to join the United States of America.
Mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, shot dead 59 people and injured 869 while firing at 22,000 concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
