German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879)

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Born

1879

March 14

Died

1955

Era

1870s

Country

United States

About

Albert, in brief

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Key dates

1879 Born
1955 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1074 Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
1590 Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
1647 Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1663 According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.

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The world in 1955

When Albert departed

april 1 The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
april 11 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
april 12 The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
april 15 McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 14

Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Alexandru Macedonski 1854–1920 Romanian author and poet (died 1920) Castro Alves 1847– Brazilian poet and playwright (died 1871) Dan Avidan 1979– American musician and internet personality Kevin Williamson 1965– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Koča Popović 1908– Yugoslav politician and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans (died 1992) Kristian Bush 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Ehrlich 1854–1915 German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854) Tamara Tunie 1959– American actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1879

Albert Asher 1879– New Zealand rugby player (died 1965) Alfred Korzybski 1879– Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950) Annie Kenney 1879– leading British suffragette (died 1953) Benjamin R. Jacobs 1879–1963 American biochemist (born 1879) Boris Savinkov 1879– Russian soldier and author (died 1925) Carlos Chagas 1879–1934 Brazilian physician and parasitologist (died 1934) Edward Bruce 1879–1318 American lawyer and painter (died 1943) Edward Steichen 1879–1973 Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (born 1879) Joe Hill 1879–1915 Swedish-born American labor activist (born 1879)

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