'Star Wars' was born with a nuclear explosion, and other weird news from May 25, 1977
Exactly 40 years ago Thursday morning, there was a nuclear explosion in the United States.
No, I don't mean that as a metaphor for the birth of 'Star Wars,' which premiered in 32 theaters that day and went on to transform popular culture. I'm not referring to the planet Alderaan, obliterated by the Death Star, that avatar of our nuclear nightmares.
I mean a literal atomic bomb.
At precisely 8:59:59am local time on May 25 1977, the U.S. detonated a 150-kiloton nuclear device codenamed Crewline in the middle of Nevada. It was buried in a shaft half a klick below ground between Table Mountain and Morey Peak, a valley as desolate as the desert of Tatooine. Read more...
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