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Marie Curie was born on 7th November Warsaw, Poland
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Marie leaves Poland and enrolls at the Sorbbone University in Paris.
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Wilhem Rontgen discovers x-rays.
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Marie Marries Pierre Curie.
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Henri Becquerel discovers the radioactivity of uranium.
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The Curies daughter Irene, is born.
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The Curies discover a new element- they name it Polonium.
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Marie begins the task of finding another new element- radium.
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Marie isolates one decigram of radium.
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Marie and Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel win the Nobel Prize of Physics.
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1906 Pierre curie is killed in a tragic accident.
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The standard unit of measurement of radioactivity- the Curie – is set up.
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Marie Curie wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
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Marie organizes mobile X-ray units during World War One.
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Scientists split the atom the Geiger counter is invented to measure radiation.
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Marie died on July 1934 in France. She was 66 years old.
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Irene and Frederic Curie- joliot discover artificial radioactivity
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Cobalt-60, an artificial radioactive substance, is used to treat cancer.
