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20th April 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie prove the existence of radium

20th April 2023
Tagged as: Chemistry, Curie, Discovery, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, Physics, Radiation, Radioactivity, Radium, Science

Marie and Pierre Curie proved the existence of the new element radium when they chemically isolated one-tenth of a gram of pure radium chloride.

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28th March 1979: Worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history at Three Mile Island Generating Station

28th March 2021
Tagged as: Electricity, Nuclear, Pennsylvania, Radiation, Radioactivity, Science

The incident at Three Mile Island heralded a dramatic shift in public attitudes towards nuclear power and the second reactor never returned to service.

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20th April 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie prove the existence of radium

28th March 1979: Worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history at Three Mile Island Generating Station

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

6th December 1648: “Pride’s Purge” stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering the House of Commons

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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