A Genius Is Born in Ulm, March 14, 1879
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, on March 14, 1879 — a slow-speaking boy who would rewrite physics with a patent-office desk and four extraordinary papers.
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The Last Page: Leonardo da Vinci Dies, 1519
On May 2, 1519, Leonardo da Vinci — painter of the Mona Lisa and author of thousands of pages of inventions — died at Clos Lucé in France.
The Lady with the Lamp
Born May 12, 1820, Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing through her Crimean War service, her pioneering use of statistics, and the world's first secular nursing school.