1943 The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world’s largest tank battle, continues in the village of Prokhorovka, between Russian and German forces. The Soviets will win ...

Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII. 1610: Sigmund III’s Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats ...

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Einstein never worked directly on developing the world’s first atomic bomb for the United States, but its shadow loomed over ...

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A letter from renowned physicist Albert Einstein outlining his own role in the development of the atomic bomb and his ...

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Pope Leo XIV reacts while wearing a White Sox baseball cap as he meets newly wedded couples during the weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV overlooking St. Peter’s Square after being named the new pope. Getty Images “So it’s that kind of stuff, because I wanted to take his mind off of it,” he added.

The typed letter, which the Jewish physicist corrected and signed by hand, addresses “my participation in the atom bomb project.”The post Bonhmas expects Einstein letter about atom bomb to fetch ...