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A rather grim “anniversary” of sorts today. On this date in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter of critical historical significance, signed by one Albert Einstein. This letter provided details about a deadly new kind of energy being developed by the Nazis for military purposes. Roosevelt responded to Einstein’s warning by throwing his whole-hearted support behind Anglo/American/Canadian research efforts on the subject - a sweeping experiment known as the Manhattan Project.