🎂 Einstein's birthday — and Pi Day (1879)
Where: Ulm, Germany
Nearby on the globe: Neuschwanstein Castle → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: March 14
March 14, 1879: Einstein's birthday — and Pi Day. Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He came up with the theory of relativity, which says time and space can stretch and shrink. Written as 3/14, the date also looks like pi (3. 14), so it is Pi Day too.
✨ More events on this day
- 1835 🚀 Astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli was born in Italy; he drew detailed maps of Mars and named many of its plains and seas.
- 1885 🎨 Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado was first performed in London, and its silly songs became some of the most famous in theatre.
- 1995 🚀 Norman Thagard became the first American astronaut to ride into space on a Russian rocket, launching from Baikonur to the Mir space station. Baikonur Cosmodrome →
🧠 Question of the day
Why is 14 March Pi Day?
- 3.14 looks like pi
- It is the first day of spring
- The first pie was baked that day
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Answer: 3.14 looks like pi
Questions
What happened on March 14?
March 14, 1879: Einstein's birthday — and Pi Day. It happened in Ulm, Germany.
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