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Albert Einstein's Birthday!
Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany, the son of Hermann Einstein, a German-Jewish featherbed salesman, and his wife Pauline. -
Einstein Marries Milena Maric
Albert Einstein marries his longtime girlfriend, Milena Maric. -
Birth of Hans Albert Einstein
A year after marrying Albert, his wife Milena gives birth to the Einsteins' first son, Hans Albert. -
The Theory of Relativity
Publishes, at age 26, five groundbreaking papers, making this his "annus mirabilis," or miracle year. One of the papers introduces his special theory of relativity and another E = mc^2 -
Birth of Eduard Einstein
Albert Einstein's wife Milena gives birth to their second son, Eduard. -
Cosmology
Collapses from exhaustion and falls seriously ill. Nursed back to health by his cousin Elsa Löwenthal. Publishes his first paper on cosmology. -
Eclipse Proves Theory of Relativity
A solar eclipse provides dramatic observable evidence that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is correct. -
Nobel Prize
Albert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect, first published in 1905. -
The help of The atomic Bomb
These are the days Albert Einstein helped the U.S. create the atomic bomb. -
Albert Einstein's Death
Albert Einstein dies of heart failure at the age of 76.
