Biography Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he obtained his doctor’s degree. During…

By Johannes Eisele, Reuters People walk next to giant domino pieces, placed along a stretch of the Berlin Wall’s original path, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Monday. Germany is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin WITNESSES OF THE WALL Many readers said they remembered the Berlin Wall and its collapse. Here is a sampling of their memories: I lived in Germany as a military dependent, and later as a U.S. serviceman. What a great country. I was able to take my children behind the wall when it still existed … –lepatriot I happened to be there on business when it came down. Three young…

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1. Who was president during the Civil War? B. Lincoln 2. The first big battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter. Which state was it in? B. South Carolina 3. The soldiers who fought for the Union side were mostly from ? A. North side note (11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (“the Confederacy”); the other 25 states supported the federal government (“the Union”).) 4. The soldiers who fought for the Confederacy side were mostly from ? B. South 5. Abraham Lincoln was the __ President. C. 16th 6. At the end of the war…

Children visit the newly unveiled wax figure of Anne Frank and her hideout reconstruction at Madame Tussauds in Berlin,Germany. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images  

Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake By Marc Kaufman, Published: January 31 After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn’t been touched by light for more than 20 million years. Scientists are enormously excited about what life-forms might be found there but are equally worried about contaminating the lake with drilling fluids and bacteria, and the potentially explosive “de-gassing” of a body of water that has especially high concentrations of oxygen and nitrogen. To prevent a sudden release of gas, the Russian team will not push the drill far…

   Quick Facts NAME: Anne Frank BIRTH DATE: June 12, 1929 DEATH DATE: March 1945 PLACE OF BIRTH: Frankfurt, Germany PLACE OF DEATH: Lower Saxony, Germany Originally: Annelies Marie Frank Best Known For Anne Frank is a Jewish girl that had to go into hiding during WW II. She is best known for the diary that she kept, which continues to touch people today. Synopsis Anne Frank is one of the most famous Jewish victims of the Holocaust because of the diary she kept during her time in hiding before being captured by the Nazis. She was only 13 years old when she and her family went into hiding. The…

The Woodward News April 8, 2007 Tornado survivors recall a strange day http://woodwardnews.net/x1156004445/Tornado-survivors-recall-a-strange-day It was a strange and eerie day. Gloria Schneider Fothergill remembers parts of April 9, 1947 quite clearly. “It was a very strange looking day most of the day,” said Fothergill, who was nine years old at the time. “It was a red sky.” “Mama always said that the air kind of had a sulphur smell,” said Fothergill’s younger sister, Lavera Schneider Haller, who was seven years old at the time. “The air was just unstable.” “It was muggy, I remember, and so hot,” said Sabra Rodgers who was six years old in 1947. The citizens of…

Help for tornado victims Catholic Charities USA Convoy of Hope Red Cross Operation Blessing International Salvation Army Samaritan’s Purse Team Rubicon United Way of the Plains Volunteer Branson Storm Prediction Center / The 25 Deadliest http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ NOTE: Having happened before the era of comprehensive damage surveys, some of these events may have been composed of multiple tornadoes along a damage path. Death counts for events in the 1800s and early 1900s should be treated as estimates, since recordkeeping of tornado deaths was erratic back then. DATE LOCATION(S) DEATHS 1 18 Mar 1925 Tri-State (MO/IL/IN) 695 2 06 May 1840 Natchez MS 317 3 27 May 1896 St. Louis MO 255…

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