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dec 2, 1942 - First sustained nuclear chain reaction

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Below the University of Chicago's football stadium bleachers with the direction of Enrico Fermi, a graphite contraption proved the ability to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.

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dec 2, 1942
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~ 81 years ago

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