Physicist Louis Slotin received a lethal dose of radiation
Time: Tuesday May 21, 1946
Place: Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, U.S.
Details: 21 May 1946: While conducting further impromptu experiments on the third plutonium core at Los Alamos National Laboratory, physicist Louis Slotin received a lethal dose of radiation. He died on 30 May 1946.
‹ Earlier in historyFounding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SONY)Tuesday May 7, 1946 Later in history ›BirthFriday Jun 14, 1946
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
Related
Near
Atomic Bomb-Physicist Harry Daghlian received a lethal dose of radiation
Tuesday Aug 21, 1945 - Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, U.S.
On This Day - 21 May
1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami-Two large earthquakes were followed by a collapse of the eastern flank of Mount Unzen's Mayuyama dome
Tuesday May 21, 1782 - Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Disasters with highest death tolls-1792 Unzen Earthquake and Tsunami
Monday May 21, 1792 - Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Napoleon-Battle of Aspern-Essling
Sunday May 21, 1809 - Lobau, Vienna, Austria
Willem Einthoven-Birth
Monday May 21, 1860 - Semarang, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Indonesia)
Mexican Revolution-The Treaty of Ciudad Juárez
Sunday May 21, 1911 - Mexico City, Mexico
Hachikō-The professor's Death
Thursday May 21, 1925 - Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle gave a talk on French radio
Tuesday May 21, 1940 - Montcornet, France
World War II-First Battle of Kiev
Wednesday May 21, 1941 at 03:41:00 AM - Kiev, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Kiev, Ukraine)
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Being Wounded
Monday May 21, 1945 - Okinawa, Japan
Heinrich Himmler-Himmler was arrested
Monday May 21, 1945 - Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Daily Express published an editorial demanding that Buckingham Palace confirm or deny the rumors
Saturday May 21, 1955 - London, England, United Kingdom
Neil Armstrong-Armstrong was involved in the "Nellis Affair"
Monday May 21, 1962 - Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S.
Bob Marley-State Funeral
Thursday May 21, 1981 - Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
Falklands War-Operation Sutton
Friday May 21, 1982 - Falklands
James Bond-No Deals, Mr. Bond was published
Thursday May 21, 1987 - United Kingdom
Dwayne Johnson-Judgment Day (2000)
Sunday May 21, 2000 - Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Cristiano Ronaldo-First Champions League final
Wednesday May 21, 2008 - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia
Xerox-Burns became the first African American woman to head a company the size of Xerox
Thursday May 21, 2009 - U.S.
Harald V-The constitutional amendment of 2012
Monday May 21, 2012 - Norway
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Prince appeared in public with a bandage on his right hand after a "minor procedure"
Wednesday May 21, 2014 - Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-National September 11 Museum
Wednesday May 21, 2014 - Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Xiaomi-First French store
Monday May 21, 2018 - Paris, France
Lionel Messi-2019 Copa América
Tuesday May 21, 2019 - Argentina
Willem Einthoven-Einthoven's 159th birthday
Tuesday May 21, 2019 - California, U.S.
The US- China trade conflict-Major Powers Unite
Sunday May 21, 2023 - US
King Henry VI's death
Sunday May 21, 1471 - England
Drer Brith
Sunday May 21, 1471 - Nuremberg
May 1946
International Monetary Fund-First Managing Director
Monday May 6, 1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Sony Corporation-Founding
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Akio Morita-Founding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SONY)
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
1946
First Indochina War-The French landed a military force
1946 - Haiphong, Vietnam
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan-The Governor of The Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi
1946 - Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Shimon Peres-Mapai delegation
1946 - Basel, Switzerland
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Post war life
1946 - U.S.
Jimmy Carter-Graduated
1946 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The post-war Hungarian Economy Suffered From Multiple Challenges
1946 - Hungary
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Hungarian Currency Experienced Marked Depreciation
1946 - Hungary
Ho Chi Minh-The Democratic Republic of Vietnam government found that war was Inevitable
1946 - Vietnam
Alan Turing-Turing was appointed an Officer of The Order of The British Empire
1946 - London, England
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Another Plane Survive
1946 - Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Reward for his alleged wartime cooperation
Thursday Jan 3, 1946 - U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip returned to the United Kingdom
Jan, 1946 - United Kingdom
United Nations-First meetings of the General Assembly
Thursday Jan 10, 1946 - London, England, United Kingdom
Edward VIII-Edward returned to France
1946 - France
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois ignored the NAACP's desires
1946 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle abruptly resigned
Sunday Jan 20, 1946 - France
First Indochina War-A Peace agreement
Feb, 1946 - Vietnam
Lucky Luciano-To Ellis Island in New York Harbor for deportation proceedings
Saturday Feb 2, 1946 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Luciano's ship sailed
Sunday Feb 10, 1946 - Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Von Neumann's incomplete First Draft
Tuesday Feb 19, 1946 - Hampton, London, England
Alan Turing-Presenting The First Detailed Design of a Stored-Program Computer
Tuesday Feb 19, 1946 - Hampton, London, England
Lucky Luciano-Arrived in Naples
Thursday Feb 28, 1946 - Naples, Italy
Chinese Civil War-The Soviet Red Army under the command of Marshal Rodion Malinovsky continued to delay pulling out of Manchuria
Mar, 1946 - China
Winston Churchill-"Iron Curtain"
Tuesday Mar 5, 1946 - Fulton, Missouri, U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-Recognizing Vietnam as an autonomous State
Wednesday Mar 6, 1946 - Vietnam
Bretton Woods Conference-Formally organized at an inaugural meeting
Friday Mar 8, 1946 - Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon was Relieved of Active Duty
Sunday Mar 10, 1946 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-Soviet diplomats requested a joint venture of industrial development with the Nationalist Party in Manchuria
Wednesday Mar 27, 1946 - China
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret was confirmed into the Church of England
Monday Apr 15, 1946 - England, United Kingdom
United Nations-Final meeting of the League of Nations
Thursday Apr 18, 1946 - Geneva, Switzerland
John Maynard Keynes-Death
Sunday Apr 21, 1946 - East Sussex, England
Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann's Death
Friday Apr 26, 1946 - Merano, Italy
International Monetary Fund-First Managing Director
Monday May 6, 1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Sony Corporation-Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Founding
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Akio Morita-Founding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SONY)
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Donald Trump-Birth
Friday Jun 14, 1946 - Queens, New York, U.S.
Xanana Gusmão-Birth
Thursday Jun 20, 1946 - Manatuto, Timor-Leste
Chinese Civil War-The truce fell apart in June 1946 when full-scale war between CPC and KMT forces broke out
Wednesday Jun 26, 1946 - China
Marilyn Monroe-Monroe signs a contract
Jun, 1946 - Los Angeles, California, USA
Josip Broz Tito-Yugoslav intelligence was charged with imprisoning and bringing to trial large numbers of Nazi collaborators
Jul, 1946 - Yugoslavia
George W. Bush-Birth
Saturday Jul 6, 1946 - New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Chinese Civil War-Large-scale assault on Communist territory
Saturday Jul 20, 1946 - China
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip asked the King for his daughter's hand in marriage
Aug, 1946 - United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury-Birth
Thursday Sep 5, 1946 - Stone Town, Zanzibar (Present Day Part of Tanzania)
Mother Teresa-The call within the call
Tuesday Sep 10, 1946 - Loreto convent, Darjeeling, India
Marilyn Monroe-1st Divorce
Friday Sep 13, 1946 - U.S.
Nobel Prize-Exempted from taxes
1946 - Sweden and U.S.
DC Comics-National Comics Publications
Monday Sep 30, 1946 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-National Periodical Publications
Monday Sep 30, 1946 - U.S.
Louis Armstrong-A Guest artist with Lionel Hampton's band
Saturday Oct 12, 1946 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Martin Bormann-Bormann Was Sentenced To Death by Hanging
Tuesday Oct 15, 1946 - Nuremberg, Germany
Lucky Luciano-To latin America
Tuesday Oct 29, 1946 - Cuba
Pope John Paul II-A Priest
Friday Nov 1, 1946 - Karkow, Poland
Richard Nixon-Winning In The 1946 California's 12th congressional district elections
Tuesday Nov 5, 1946 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Xerox-Developing the commercial product
1946 - U.S.
Martial arts-International Boxing Association was established
1946 - Lausanne, Switzerland
First Indochina War-The French fleet began a naval bombardment of the Vietnamese sections of Haiphong
Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Haiphong, Vietnam
Thanksgiving-Labor Thanksgiving Day
Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Japan
Ho Chi Minh-Haiphong Incident
Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Haiphong, Vietnam
Ted Bundy-Birth
Sunday Nov 24, 1946 - Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Pope John Paul II-Rome's Pontifical International Athenaeum Angelicum
Tuesday Nov 26, 1946 - Rome, Italy
World Bank-First President of the World Bank Group
1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-President of Local 299
Dec, 1946 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Steven Spielberg-Born
Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
First Indochina War-All-out war broke out
Thursday Dec 19, 1946 - Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh-Ho Chi Minh declared war against The French Union
Thursday Dec 19, 1946 - Vietnam
Lucky Luciano-The three topics under discussion
Friday Dec 20, 1946 - Havana, Cuba