In July 1946, the United States conducted two atomic ... Here, LIFE.com presents a series of Goro’s photos—most of which never ran in LIFE—made before, during and, especially, after Able ...

Later, back at the launch site, "when they first projected [the photos] onto the screen, the scientists just went nuts." Before 1946, the highest pictures ever taken of the Earth’s surface were ...

Read more on the 1946 riots.] LIFE magazine, meanwhile, featured stark pictures from the aftermath of the riots in its Sept. 9, 1946, issue — photos made by Margaret Bourke-White, who at the ...

And what better example of early space news than the October 24, 1946 Universal newsreel story about the first photos from space. “On October 24, 1946, not long after the end of World War II and ...

An account by Stan Weir of the gen strike in Oakland, California, in 1946. An article about a general strike that happened in Rochester, NY over the AFL's efforts in organizing city workers. Pictures ...

A photo taken by the RAF in 1946 is being used by conservationists ... at a National Trust property are being helped by aerial photos taken by the RAF in 1946. After World War Two, the grounds ...