On this day: August 1

POSTED: 08:47 PM PDT Jul 31, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 31, 2012 

Oxygen is discovered, Adolf Hitler presides over the opening of the Olympics, a new superhero is introduced, tragedy strikes the University of Texas and a new all-music TV network debuts, all on this day.

OTD August 1 - Atomic Energy Act
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DOE Photo

1946: President Harry S. Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, establishing the Atomic Energy Commission to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. The commission would be dissolved in 1975.

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