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2023-07-25

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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

Oppenheimer (film)
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Oppenheimer (film)
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Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follo…

Barbie (film)
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Barbie is a 2023 satirical fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with her husband, No…

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On This Day

10 events
2010
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
2007
Pratibha_Patil
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
2001
Phoolan_Devi
Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.
2000
Air_France_Flight_4590
Air France Flight 4590 (plane used pictured), a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.
1976
Viking_1
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
1950
Korean_War
Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.
1943
Grand_Council_of_Fascism
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
1898
Spanish–American_War
Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
1893
Corinth_Canal
The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.
1788
Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant symphonies in a minor key.

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