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1879 Albert Einstein: German-born physicist who would go on to revolutionize modern Physics.
1879 Born
1903 Mileva Maric married Albert Einstein.
1905 Einstein publishes four papers. In particular, he formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year".
1905 Albert Einstein publishes his paper "On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light" in which he explains the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta
1905 Albert Einstein works on the special theory of relativity as well as the theory of Brownian motion
1905 Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation "On the Motion of Small Particles..." where he explains the Brownian motion
1905 Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" where he discovers special relativity
1919 May 29 — Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested/confirmed by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
1919 November — Confirmation announced of Einstein's general relativity theory, tested by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin in total solar eclipse on May 29, 1919
1923 Barcelona (Catalonia): Albert Einstein visits the city, invited by the scientist Esteban Terradas i Illa, as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya and conducted by Rafael de Campalans.
1933 Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1934 Einstein visits White House
1939 Albert Einstein writes President Franklin Roosevelt about developing the Atomic Bomb using Uranium. This led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.
1939 Manhattan Project: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt is presented with a letter signed by Albert Einstein urging the United States to rapidly develop the atomic bomb.
1950 Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction
1955 Albert Einstein dies from ruptured aortic aneurysm at 1:15am
1955 Died
1963 David. H. Frisch and J. H. Smith prove radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion. (See Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
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