A test, code-named '''Trinity''', was the first atomic explosion in world history, on July 16, 1945. It occurred in a remote location in the middle of New Mexico, on what is now the [[White Sands Missile Range]]. | A test, code-named '''Trinity''', was the first atomic explosion in world history, on July 16, 1945. It occurred in a remote location in the middle of New Mexico, on what is now the [[White Sands Missile Range]]. |