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52 matches to Atom Bomb
Pollaiuolo, Antonio del. 1431/2-98. Florentine bronze sculptor, painter. Pioneered dissection in anatomy. Hercules and Antaeus 1470s. Martyrdom of St. Sebastian 1475.
Pottawatomie Massacre. 1856. John Brown’s abolitionists kill 5 pro-slavery settlers.
Resurrectionists. 1826-30. Provided bodies for anatomists by grave-robbing or murder. Scotland.
Rome, Treaty of. 1957. Established EEC, Atomic Energy policy.
Rutherford, Ernest. 1871-1937. NZ/English physicist. Beta rays 1899, Nuclear theory of atom1911.
Stern, Otto. 1888-1969. German/US physicist, anticipated atomic science.
Torquemada, Tomás de. 1420-98. Dominican Inquisitor General, Spain. Worst atrocities. Expelled Jews 1492.
Urey, Harold. 1893-1981. US physicist. Isolated deuterium 1931. Heavy water needed for atomic bomb.
Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-64. Belgian anatomist. Anatomy 1543.
Victoria, Tomás Luis de. c1548-1611. Spanish composer. Pioneer of contrapuntal music. Requiem 1605.
World War II. 1939-45. Allies-Britain, France, US(1941-), Russia(1941-) vs Axis-Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia(-1941). Caused by German Totalitarian expansionism resulting from WWI reparations and fear of Communism. 55M dead. 35M wounded. 30M refugees. Cost $US 1500B. Led to United Nations, Soviet power, State of Israel, atomic weapons.
Yamashita Tomoyuki. 1885-1946. Japanese commander in Philippines. Conquered Singapore, Bataan March. Executed.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.
Enola Gay. US plane which dropped H-bomb on Hiroshima, 1945.
Guernica. Spanish Basque capital bombed by Germans for Franco, 1937. Euzkadi. Picasso. Spanish Civil War.
Harris, Arthur. 1892-1984. WWII air marshal. Saturation bombing.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.
Lockerbie Scotland. 1988 Terrorist bomb downs PanAm plane killing 270. Libya.
Mers-el-Kébir. 1940 British sink French fleet so Axis can’t seize them. French bomb Gibraltar.
Nagasaki. Japanese city destroyed by 2nd A-bomb, Aug 9, 1945.
Neumann, John von. 1903-57. Hungarian/US mathematician. Computer theory; serial process. Assisted H-bomb development. Minimax theorem 1928.Theory of Games 1944.
Ruhr. German steel region. Occupied by France 1923-30. Heavily bombed in WWII.
Sakharov, Andrei. 1921-89. Soviet physicist, human rights activist. Hydrogen bomb. Formed Committee for Human Rights 1970.