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1879 – 1935Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)Died 15 May 1935, aged 56Malevich was a Russian avant-garde painter who founded Suprematism and painted Black Square. He died of cancer in Leningrad.
1935EPR paradox paperEinstein, Podolsky and Rosen challenge quantum mechanicsAlbert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen argued in Physical Review that quantum mechanics was incomplete. The thought experiment raised the problem of quantum entanglement, which became central to later physics.
1935Moscow Metro opensFirst line of the Soviet capital's undergroundThe first line of the Moscow Metro opened to the public, running from Sokolniki to Park Kultury. Its lavishly decorated stations were a showcase of Stalinist architecture.
1935The EPR paperSpooky action at a distanceWith Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, Einstein argued that quantum mechanics must be incomplete because it implied instant correlation between distant particles. The paper was meant as a refutation. It instead defined entanglement, and experiments from the 1980s onward confirmed the correlations he found absurd.