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Niels Bohr was born on this date in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bohr stated that energy is transmitted in discrete units, or quanta.
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Bohr realized that nuclear charge (which is dependent on the number of protons and equal to the atomic number) was a better determinant for placement of elements in the periodic table than was atomic mass.
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Marries Margrethe Nørlund
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Bohr received the Nobel Prize in physics for developing a quantum mechanical model of the atom.
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Bohr became a permanent resident of the Residence of Honor on the Carlsberg brewery grounds, an honor bestowed only to the most prominent of Danish citizens
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Bohr works on first Atomic Bomb
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