October 19, 1900 (Friday)
- Max Planck presented, to the Physical Society of Berlin, what is now called Planck's law of blackbody radiation, described as "a discovery that opened the way to the development of the quantum theory and provided the initial formulation for that theory".
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Famous quotes containing the word october:
“Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)