On This Day in History
Feynman gives the talk 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'
1959American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech titled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology. (There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom)
Also on this day
- 1860 HMS Warrior is launched — To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.
- 1845 Texas is admitted to the Union — The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state admitted to the Union.
Born this day in 1928: Bernard Cribbins, English actor and singer.
Events from Wikipedia’s On This Day list, CC BY-SA 4.0. See also the Library of Congress essay Today in History.