Births on September 2

Frederick Soddy

Born on September 2, 1877

Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)

Frederick Soddy FRS (2 September 1877 – 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist who explained, with Ernest Rutherford, that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also proved the existence of isotopes of certain radioactive elements. He was a polymath who mastered chemistry, nuclear physics, statistical mechanics, finance and economics.

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Events on 1877

10 May

Mihail Kogălniceanu
Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence.
10 Jul

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
5 Oct

Nez Perce people
Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
21 Nov

Phonograph
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
29 Nov

Phonograph
Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

Births on September 2

Frederick Soddy

Born on September 2, 1877

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Mihail Kogălniceanu

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

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