1943 April 1 — Los Alamos Laboratory is established in New Mexico and begins operations. 1950 April 1 — Project Twinkle officially begins. 1959 April 1 — An Air Force C-118 plane with four on board crashes between Sumner and Orting, Washington, about an hour after taking off from McChord AFB [now Joint Base Lewis-McChord]…

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