This (Earth) Day in History - April 22nd, 1899: Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir Nabokov’s first novel, Mashenka, appeared in 1926, but it wasnt until the publication of Lolita in 1955 that he had any success. Lolita was a landmark in both storytelling and controversy and was later made into a film by Stanley Kubrick. --Bio. 1904: Born in New York City in 1904, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer served as director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the development of the atomic bomb. After the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Oppenheimer was selected to administer a laboratory to carry out the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon during World War II. After resigning from his post in 1945, he became the chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, which later opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb. This opposition spurred accusations that Oppenheimer was a Communist, and he was subsequently suspended from secret nuclear research. In 1963, he was reinstated and awarded the Enrico Fermi Award by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He died in New York City in 1967. --Bio. 1970: Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the worlds environmental problems, is celebrated in the United States for the first time. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches, and educational programs. --History. Todays This Day in History was provided by the Biography Channel and HISTORY. If youd like to learn more, we can help!
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