The Atomic Cocktail is a drink made popular by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in the 1950s. This was a period of time known as “The Atomic Age” that is the point in history after the detonation of the first Nuclear Weapon dubbed “The Gadget” at the Trinity Test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. Vegas was at this time also known as “The Atomic City” was due to the government picking Las Vegas as a testing ground for Nuclear weapons testing while the government built up their arsenal. The government viewed this as a good way to create jobs and put a major highway 7 miles from the testing site without any regard for Nuclear Fallout….ahhhh ignorance really is bliss!