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| Detail of a woodcut believed to be from Foxe's Book of Martyrs |
Here are today's milestones:
Died on this day:
John Foxe (1587; born c. 1516) English historian and martyrologist;
Actes and Monuments (popularly known as
Foxe's Book of Martyrs)
Juan Valera (1905; born October 18, 1824) Spanish author known for
Pepita Jimenez
Albert Einstein (1955; born March 14, 1879) German-American physicist;
Relativity: the Special and General Theory;
The Meaning of Relativity; "The World As I See It"; "My Views"; Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
Bonus Classic:
The Holy Bible (New Testament) (c. 50-150) Middle Eastern collection of books; holy to Christianity and (less so) Islam
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