On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man’s view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb. Find Einstein at the library, on hoopla and in OverDrive.

On March 14, 1919, Max Brand, perhaps the most prolific writer of western stories, publishes his first novel, The Untamed. Max Brand was one of 21 pen names used by the Seattle-born author Frederick Faust. Faust claimed to dislike the American West, and he spent most of his adult life in Europe. Nonetheless, he wrote more stories and novels in the Western genre than in any other, many of them dispatched from his luxurious Italian villa. Find Max Brand at the library, on hoopla and on OverDrive.

On March 14, 1959,  Frankie Avalon hits #1 in the US with “Venus.” It will stay there for five weeks. Find Frankie Avalon at the library, on hoopla and in Freegal.