Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, December 2, 1942. The birth of the nuclear age.

Friday, December 2, 2022

Wednesday, December 2, 1942. The birth of the nuclear age.

So, even though we reported this yesterday, and used the National Archives as the source:

Scientists working on the Manhattan Project achieved the world’s first man-made, controlled nuclear chain reaction on 12/1/1942. Afterwards, they drank a silent toast to recognize the historic moment. The Chianti bottle’s basket bears their signatures.
National Archives, with a link to the photo of the Chianti bottle, which in its original form, as here is called a fiasco.
That it was Chianti, an iconic Italian table wine, is curious.

Every other source claims this happened today.

The December 2 date is clearly the correct one, and for that reason, every December 2 is World Nuclear Energy Day.

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