Anniversaries

20
Feb

February 20, 1907 - Death of Henri Moissan, Nobel Prize in Chemistry for isolating fluorine

21
Feb

February 21, 1985 - Death of John G. Trump, known for his contribution to the development of radiotherapy

22
Feb

February 22, 1923 - Einstein's first visit to Spain

22
Feb

February 22, 1902 – Birth of Fritz Strassmann, co-discoverer of uranium fission

22
Feb

February 22, 1824 - Birth of Pierre Janssen, discoverer of the chemical element helium

23
Feb

February 23, 1765 - Henry Cavendish discovers hydrogen

23
Feb

February 23, 1886 - Charles Martin Hall produces the first aluminium samples with his most economical method

24
Feb

February 24, 1896 – Antoine Henri Becquerel reports to the French Academy of Sciences on the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity

25
Feb

February 25, 1896 – Birth of Ida Eva Tacke-Noddack, discovered rhenium and first proposed the idea of nuclear fission

26
Feb

February 26, 1974 - Death of Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen, known for her contributions to the theory of magnetism

28
Feb

February 28, 1814 – Birth of Edmond Frémy, known for the salt that bears his name, although he also made great discoveries, such as the artificial ruby

03
Mar

March 3, 1917 – Birth of Sameera Moussa: “My wish is that nuclear cancer treatment be as affordable and cheap as aspirin”

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