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Pierre Curie Born
Pierre Curie was born in Paris, France -
Marya Sklodowska Born
Marrie Curie (Born Marya Sklodowska) was born in Warsaw, Poland. -
Pierre began his doctoral thesis
Subject: Magnetic proberties of bodies at diverse temperatures -
Marie curie hired by the society for the incouragement of national industru
to study the magnetic properties of steel -
Marie and Pierre Wed
"They took their bicycles, riding the coast of Brittany." -
Vilhem Rontgen creates the first X-ray
A photograph of his wifes fingers and wrists -
Irene Curie Born
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Discovery of Polonium
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Discovery of Radium
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Extraction of Raduim Chloride
The curies extracted one tenth of gram of Raduim chloride. -
J. Robert Oppenheimer Born
The father of the Atomic Bomb Born in New York -
Eve Curie Born
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Pierre Curie dies in a carrage accident
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Mme. Langevin outs Marie and Paul's affair
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Marie travels to Sweden to claim her second Nobel Prize
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War starts in Europe
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A German U-20 torpedoed the Lusitania, killing more than 1000 people
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Frederic Joliot begins working for Marie
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Irene and Frederic Marry
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Helene, Irene and Frederic's daughter, is born
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Pierre, Irene and Frederic's son, is born
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the Joliot-Curies discover artificial radiation
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Irene and her husband find out they've recieved the Nobel Proze for their discovery of artificial radioactivity
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Hungarian physisist Leo Szilard(scientist on the Manhattran project) asked Irene and Frederic not to publish their discoveries for fear of it falling into the germans hands
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Szilard and Albert Einstein write to FDR, informing him that they were able to build the first atomic weapon
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Germans March into Paris
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The Manhattan Project in Operation
Construcion of the first atomic and hydrogen bomb. -
Marie Curie passes away
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Soviet Communist Dominance in Poland
Although it led to the the urbanization and industrialization of the country, Poland was marred by social unrest and economic depression. -
Irene Travels to U.S. to give a series of speaches
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First Nuclear Reactor in Operation
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Dr. Edward Barsky Fired from post at Atomic Energy Commission
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almost 1,000 nuclear bombs were detonated in the nevada desert as part of the u.s. atomic testing program
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Underground Nuclear testing begins
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Three mile island meltdown
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chernobyl explosion
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Daniel Fass' Life Saved!
Using radiation practices brought on by the Curies' Research, Daniel Fass was able to survive Non-Hodgekin's Lymphoma.
