Hey, today is the 60th birthday of the bikini. According to legend, the bikini is named after the famous site of atomic and hydrogen bomb tests -- which is sort of how we named our daughter Trinity, who is named after the site of the first atomic bomb test, near Los Alamos.

From Answers.com:

The bikini made its debut on this date in 1946. An engineer named Louis Reard named his two-piece women's bathing suit after the Bikini Atoll, the place in the Marshall Islands where four days earlier the US had begun a series of atomic and hydrogen bomb tests, with the hopes that his bikini would "explode" upon the world. It took several years before women began to be brave enough to don the suits; the trend really caught on with the 1960 Brian Hyland song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini." Reard once said of his creation, "A bikini is not a bikini unless it can be pulled through a wedding ring."

Quote: "Women shop for a bikini with more care than they do a husband. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow." -- Erma Bombeck

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