J. Robert Oppenheimer died on 18 February 1967 in Princeton, aged 62. An American theoretical physicist, Oppenheimer directed the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bombs during the Second World War. A skilled teacher at Berkeley, he had earlier contributed to quantum mechanics and to studies of neutron stars and black holes. After the war he chaired an advisory committee of the Atomic Energy Commission and urged international control of nuclear weapons. In 1954 his security clearance was revoked after a hearing driven by Cold War suspicions, and his case became a famous example of the conflict between science and politics.
Before and after
- 1967Creation of BCPL
- 27 January 1967Apollo 1
- 27 January 1967Outer Space Treaty
- 14 February 1967Birth of Mark Rutte
- 18 February 1967Death of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 20 February 1967Birth of Kurt Cobain
- 27 February 1967Founding of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 1 March 1967Founding of Saint Lucia
- from 11 March 1967 to 17 April 1975Cambodian Civil War
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- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
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The era
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