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Maurice Goldhaber
1911Apr, 18

Maurice Goldhaber

Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian Jewish-American physicist and academic (d. 2011)
Maurice Goldhaber (April 18, 1911 – May 11, 2011) was an American physicist, who in 1957 (with Lee Grodzins and Andrew Sunyar) established that neutrinos have negative helicity.

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  • 31May

    Porfirio Díaz

    The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • 24Jul

    Machu Picchu

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  • 29Aug

    Native Americans in the United States

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