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Albert Einstein & Gabriel García Márquez

Did Albert Einstein and Gabriel García Márquez live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Gabriel García Márquez lived at the same time for 28 years, from 1927 to 1955.[1][2][3][4]

Albert Einstein · Gabriel García Márquez · Born in 1879 · Born in 1927

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
1927–2014
Literature
One Hundred Years of Solitude
18792014
Albert Einstein
Gabriel García Márquez
Albert Einstein
Science & Invention
Born in Ulm
Died in Princeton
Gabriel García Márquez
Literature
Born in Aracataca
Died in Mexico City

World Events During Their Overlap

1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins
1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1936 Spanish Civil War begins
1939 World War II begins
1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII
1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy
1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends
1945 United Nations founded
1947 India and Pakistan gain independence
1948 State of Israel established
1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed
1950 Korean War begins
1953 Watson and Crick discover DNA structure
1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Sources

  1. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  2. Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
  3. Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
  4. Gabriel García Márquez (Q5878) — Wikidata