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Events on Sunday 18 November 1962 2
1885 – 1962Niels Bohr (1885-1962)Died 18 November 1962, aged 77Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize for his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, died on November 18, 1962. He was a central figure in the development of modern physics and later advocated for peaceful uses of nuclear energy. His institute in Copenhagen trained generations of leading physicists.
1885 – 1962Niels BohrAtomic ScientistNobel laureate whose model of the atom provided the foundation for modern quantum physics.