Historical place archive

Long Island in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Long Island in Switzerland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1939–1939

Historical events in Long Island

1939

2 August 1939
Einstein-Szilard Letter
Albert Einstein · Nuclear

Signs the Einstein-Szilard letter warning President Roosevelt about uranium chain reactions and possible powerful bombs.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Switzerland and Long Island. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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