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Birth
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany. He grew up practicing Judaism. His family was part of the middle class. As a young boy Einstein enjoyed mathematics and science (World Book 48) (History.com). -
First Boston Marathon
John J. McDermott won the first ever Boston Marathon. He had a time of 2:55:10. McDermott was one of fifteen competitors in the race. Only ten runner could actually actually finish the race (History.com). -
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First Olympic Games
The first ever Olympic Games were held in Athens Greece. Fourteen countries participated and 241 athletes were involved. There was 43 events at these Olympic Games. James Connolly won the triple jump and became the first American to win an event in the modern Olympics (Olympic.org). -
Marriage 1903-1919 1919-1936
Albert Einstein's first wife was Mileva Maric. They met at Eidgerossische Technische Hochule. Both classmates and physics, they feel in love. Mileva and Albert got divorced in 1919. Later that year, Einstein marries his first cousin Elsa Einstein. Their marriage lasted 17 years, where in 1936 Elsa passed away (World Book 49). -
First time Time Square ball drops
The first ever New Year's Eve ball drop was a big deal. The first ball was five feet in diameter and weighed a total of 700 pounds. Jacob Starr was the original maker of this masterpiece while Artkraft Strauss was the one to lower the ball. 1942 and 1943 the ball didn't drop because of a wartime "dimout." In 1920, the original iron and wood ball was replaced with a 400 pound wrought iron ball. In 1955, that ball was replaced with a aluminum 150 pound ball (timessquarenyc.org). -
Chicago Cubs win World Series
2016 was the first time in 108 years that the Chicago Cubs won a championship game. In 1908, The Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers four to one. 6,210 fans attended this game. This was the smallest attendance of any World Series. In 2016, they beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a ten inning game. This game started on Wednesday night and went all the way until Thursday morning. The crowd consisted of 38,104 fans from both teams (mobile.nytimes.com) (baseball-almanac.com). -
Published general theory of relativity
The general theory of relativity was a portion of Albert Einstein's scientific papers. This theory explained how matter and energy could change the shape of space-time. It also showed that a beam of light would bend as it travels through a gravitational field (World Book 49). -
Won Nobel Prize
Albert Einstein was award the Nobel Prize in his studies of physics. Writing his four papers helped him win this award. He also received this prize because of the photoelectric effect described in his first paper (World Book 49) (History.com). -
Adolf Hitler comes to power
While Albert Einstein was living in Germany, Adolf Hitler came to power. Einstein needed to act fast in order to escape Hitler. Einstein did not want to be sent to a concentration camp, so he made other plans (datesandevents.org). -
Moves to the United Sates of America
Since Albert Einstein was raised Jewish he was afraid of Hitler and the Nazis. He did not want to be killed by the Nazis while living in Germany. He moved to the U.S. to live a safer life (World Book 49). -
Wrote a letter to President Roosevelet
Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In his letter Einstein warned the president of the possibility the Nazis attacking the U.S. with bombs. He suggested that the government builds their own nuclear weapons (Biography.com). -
Becomes a U.S. citizen
Seven years after Albert Einstein moved to America he officially became a U.S. citizen. Even with being a citizen he could not help out in the Manhattan project (History.com). -
The Manhattan project
The United States launched two nuclear bombs on Germany. Albert Einstein was restricted, by the U.S. government to work on the making of the bombs. The government assumed that Einstein would have popular and peacemaking views on Germany, his home country. The bombs were made using Albert Einstein's mathematical equation E=mc2 (History.com) (amnh.org). -
Uneployment rate
The unemployment rate in 1944 was 1.2% in the month of Febrary. In the month of October the rate went down to 0.81%. This is the lowest it has been and continues to be the lowest ever (inforplease.com). -
First Corvette was created
The Corvette by Chevrolet was well known for its light weight fiberglass body. The Corvette, made by Harley Earl, was the first American sports car to have two seats. These cars were based off the design of the Jaguar. Of the first model only 300 vehicles were made. As expected the quality of the beginning cars was poor but as the company grew and experienced problems the Corvette pleased the customers (mobile.corvettestory.com). -
Death
Albert Einstein passed away while living in Princeton, New Jersey. 1933 was the last time that he would be in Germany. Einstein died of an aortic aneurysm. His reputation grew even more after his death (History.com).
