• Harold Urey discovered deuterium in 1931. A deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen that contains one proton and one neutron.
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  • James Chadwick discovered the neutron in February of 1932.
  • Max Born and James Franck are compelled to leave their posts at German universities because of their "Jewish physics."
  • Curie discovers artificial radioaactivity.
  • Enrico Fermi irradiates uranium with neutrons in 1934.