I ka lā 30 o Iune, 1946, ua pahū ka pōkā ʻātoma ma luna o Bikini Atoll ma ka Moana Pākīpika. He 18 mau lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻopuka kekahi kanaka Palani ʻo Louis reard i ka lole ʻauʻau ʻauʻau pōkole. I kēlā lā ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i kahi kaikamahine kelepona i kumu hoʻohālike a hōʻike i kāna hana i loko o kahi wai ʻauʻau lehulehu. I hoʻokahi pule ma hope mai, ua kaulana ka bikini ma ʻEulopa.

ʻO nā mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka bikini ʻelua mau Palani, ʻo Jacques Heim lāua ʻo Louis reard. ʻAʻole naʻe lākou ka manaʻo mua i ka manaʻo bikini. I ka makahiki 1600 BC, aia nā kiʻi kiʻi o nā lole ʻauʻau bikini. He mea hoʻolālā wahine ʻo Heim mai Cannes, Farani. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i kahi lole ʻauʻau liʻiliʻi a kapa ʻia ʻo ia "atom". Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i mokulele e puhi a kākau i ka lewa e hoʻolaha i kāna hoʻolālā. Ua kākau ka mokulele i ka lewa: "atom - ka lole ʻauʻau liʻiliʻi loa ma ka honua." ʻEkolu pule ma hope mai, ua kākau pū kekahi ʻenekinia lild i ka lewa: "bikini - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka lole ʻauʻau liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua."