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born
Alber Einstein is born to a jewisch in ulm family -
Given compass
"Receives compass from his dad, which sparks his curiosity about how things work." -
Begins the violin
starts playing the violin -
Quit High School in Germany
"Pupil at cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland" -
Graduates
graduates from zurich polytechnic institute -
Swiss Citizenship
"Acquires Swiss citizenship Completes his first scientific paper" -
swiss patent clerk
"Appointed as technical expert third class at the Swiss patent office in Bern" -
Marriage
"Marriage to Mileva Maric in Bern" -
"Annus mirabilis"
"Completes paper on light quanta, Brownian motion, and special theory of relativity" -
Becomes Associate Professor
"Appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics at Zurich University" -
Person of the Century - Time Magazine
"The touchstones of the era,the Bomb, ... quantum physics and electronics,all bear his imprint"