The fifth day of the twelfth lunar month (Ding), January 24, 1958, British and American scientists completed nuclear fusion test.

1958 1 24, British and American scientists successfully collided two light atoms, resulting in a third heavier atoms, resulting in greater heat. The atomic temperature rise to 100 million degrees, which is the temperature of the hydrogen bomb explosion can produce nuclear fusion. Sir John Cockcroft and Lewis Strauss announced the breakthrough research.