Eugene Paul Wigner1939
Persuades Einstein to write to Roosevelt recommending US atomic weapons against Hitler. Influential in the establishment of the Manhattan Project
Hungary · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Persuades Einstein to write to Roosevelt recommending US atomic weapons against Hitler. Influential in the establishment of the Manhattan Project
Sees the opening of the first nuclear reactor in a squash court at the Univ of Chicago
This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.