The historical event that took place at Trinity Site in the Basin and Range Province was the Trinity test, which was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. It occurred on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II. The test was conducted in an effort to develop the atomic bomb, and its success paved the way for the subsequent bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
The historical event that took place at Trinity Site in the Basin and Range Province was the first detonation of an atomic bomb. On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted the Trinity Test, which was part of the Manhattan Project. The test involved the detonation of a plutonium-based implosion-type nuclear weapon, an event that marked the beginning of the atomic age. The explosion occurred near Alamogordo, New Mexico, in the Jornada del Muerto desert, which is now known as Trinity Site.
