Discovery of fission
JAN 26, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.031141
Here’s one anniversary I almost forget until reminded by the Atomic Heritage Foundation: On this day in 1939, Niels Bohr publicly announced the discovery of fission at an annual theoretical physics conference at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Date in History: 26 January 1939
© 2016 American Institute of Physics
