Today in History: May 20, United States detonates first hydrogen bomb

In the modern day is Tuesday May the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On May the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Also on this date In President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ownership and farming About of the land area of the United States million acres or million square km would be privatized by Related Articles Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from Venezuelans who liability deportation Stocks bonds and the dollar drift after the latest downgrade to the US governing body s credit rating Colorado other states sue Trump over immigration-enforcement conditions on federal funds Aurora again tightens residents comment rules at City Council meetings as protests of police conduct continue What to know about the Newark mayor s arrest at an immigration detention center In Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island New York aboard the Spirit of St Louis on his historic solo flight to France In Amelia Earhart departed from Newfoundland in an attempt to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Because of weather and equipment problems Earhart landed the following day in Northern Ireland instead of her intended destination France In Chiang Kai-shek was elected as the first president of the Republic of China Taiwan In a white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery Alabama prompting the federal regime to send in U S marshals to restore order In U S and South Vietnamese forces captured Ap Bia Mountain referred to as Hamburger Hill by the Americans following one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War In Radio Marti operated by the U S cabinet began broadcasting Cuba responded by attempting to jam its signal In four of the world s biggest banks JPMorgan Chase Citigroup s banking unit Citicorp Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland agreed to pay more than billion in penalties and plead guilty to rigging the currency markets In contemporary times s Birthdays Japanese baseball star Sadaharu Oh is Singer-actor Cher is Actor-comedian Dave Thomas is Sen Mike Crapo a Republican from Idaho is Political commentator Ron Reagan is Musician Jane Wiedlin The Go-Go s is Actor Bronson Pinchot is TV personality Ted Allen is Actor Mindy Cohn is Actor Timothy Olyphant is Former racing driver Tony Stewart is Rapper Busta Rhymes is Actor Matt Czuchry zoo-KREE is Actor-singer Naturi Naughton is Cyclist Chris Froome is Country musician Jon Pardi is