ON THIS DAY: In 1942, a team of scientists led by physicist Enrico Fermi produced the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in a simple nuclear reactor built under the stands of the school's football stadium. A different kind of nuclear reaction, and the limitless free energy its application would provide, sends Keanu Reeves on the run from evil-minded conspirators trying to suppress the discovery in the silly 1996 chase film CHAIN REACTION. [today's movie at IMDb]

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