Physics
- June - British scientist G. I. Taylor predicts the blast effects from an atomic bomb.
- June 28 - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8807 creating the Office of Scientific Research and Development with Vannevar Bush as its director. The office is charged with production of an atomic bomb.
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