1978
A revolution in conception
The world's first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Lancashire, England.
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1946
The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
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1952
Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States.
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1956
The Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, killing 51 people.
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1984
Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
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2000
The supersonic airliner Concorde crashed after takeoff outside Paris.
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