Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel.
In November 1952, after Chaim Weizmann died, Prime Minister Ben-Gurion offered him the ceremonial post; Einstein replied that he was deeply moved but could not accept.
More amazing facts
- 1950 · 1972 One poet wrote the anthems of two countries.
- 1953 Spring 1953: the structure of DNA was published on 25 April, and on 29 May Hillary and Tenzing reached the top of Everest.
- 1953 The aircraft 'black box' was dreamed up by an Australian.
- 1953 The structure of DNA was first announced in a pub. On 28 February 1953 Francis Crick interrupted lunch at The Eagle in Cambridge to declare that he and Watson had discovered 'the secret of life'.
- 1953 News that Everest had been climbed reached London just in time for the coronation, on the morning of 2 June 1953, as Elizabeth II was crowned.
- 1953 · 1992 Edmund Hillary appeared on a banknote while still alive.