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Thomas Edison invented Christmas lights. This began the tradition of putting up lights to decorate your house for the Christmas season.
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At the age of five, Albert Einstein becomes intrigued by invisible forces that cause the needle always to point north on a compass. Einstein will look back at this moment as the genesis of his interest in science.
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The Statue of Liberty was donated to the United States. It has been put up in New York harbor and is visited today by many people.
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Struggling financially, Einsteins family moves to Italy in search of better work. Albert stays in Germany to finish school, but very soon is kicked out of his highschool and joins his parents in Italy.
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Albert Einstein graduate from ETH with a degree in physics.
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Albert Einstein travels to Italy to see his off nad on girlfriend Milena Maric, a former classmate at the ETH. He ends up getting her pregnant.
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Because Alfred Nobel didn't want to go down in history as a bad influence, Nobel left the will of his fortune to be distributed to people who did something in important fields of work. (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace) Firve years after his death on December 10, 1901 the first Nobel prizes were give out.
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Einsteins born daughter is put up for Adoption. They are unable to take care of the girl and perhaps ashamed of her illegitimate status
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Albert Einstein marries Mileva Maric, another student who attended FIT.
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Einstein gets divorced with Mileva Maric and decides to marry his cousin, Elsa. Einstein stays married with her for the rest of his life.
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On may 17, 1917 JFK was born. this is important because JFK will later become the president of the United States even though it wont happen when Albert Einstein is alive.
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A solar eclipse came by and provided clear evidence that Einstein's theory that the speed of light is constant and space and time are relative to theposition of the observer was correct. this led to him winning the Noble Prize in physics annd made him a world wide celberity
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In 1920 Sigmund Freud's theories make a widespread influence on the world including Albert Einstein. This could have affected what Albert Einstein did.
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Albert Einstein dies. he was in princeton at the time and was 74 years old.