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Events on Thursday 6 November 1919 1
1919Lights all askew in the heavensThe Times and the New York Times make him world-famous overnightThe Royal Society announced the eclipse results on 6 November 1919. Newspapers across the world reported that Newton had been overthrown, and Einstein woke to a level of celebrity no scientist had experienced. He was bewildered by it and never entirely escaped it.