Einstein and Szilard Urge Manhattan Project, August 2, 1939
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
Date: August 2, 1939
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