Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg discovered the chemical element Plutonium.
Plutonium is used as both a fuel and an explosive.
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The United States of America leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba, with the lease lasting an indefinite period.
The Battle of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
NASA successfully launched the third of its advanced series 2 GPS satellites into orbit.
Polio vaccines were given to the first group of children in the US at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
