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May 30, 1946

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Notable Births

1946Allan Chapman, English historian and author[†]

Allan Chapman FRAS is a British historian of science.

Dragan DÅžajić

1946Dragan DÅžajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer[†]

Dragan DÅžajić is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023.

Notable Deaths

Louis Slotin

1946Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (born 1910)[†]

Louis Alexander Slotin was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, before obtaining his doctorate in physical chemistry at King's College London in 1936. Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron.