Albert Einstein History: April 18, 1955 - Albert Einstein, German U.S. physicist, dies June 13, 1954 - Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx February 12, 1950 - Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb October 11, 1939 - Albert Einstein informs Franklin D. Roosevelt of possibilities of atomic bomb October 17, 1933 - Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany July 29, 1923 - Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin April 2, 1921 - Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity March 31, 1921 - Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity December 16, 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity November 14, 1908 - Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light March 14, 1879 - Albert Einstein, born in Ulm, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1921
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