The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
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US President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein detailing the possibility of atomic weapons.
India had their first successful nuclear bomb test.
Construction began on the Hoover Dam in Nevada.
The first state execution in the US was performed in the state of Nevada.
Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.