Historical Coincidences

Albert Einstein, a Jew,Swiis,German and American Theoretical Physicist, was born March 14 1879 and Died April 18 1955

Chike Obi. A Nigerian Mathematician and winner of a theoretical Phyiscs Prize was born April (7 or 17) 1921 and died March 13 2008.

Albert Einstein was at the Swiss federal institute of Technology

Chike Obi was at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Albert Eintein and Chike ObIs wives both have names starting with M and ending with A, Mileva and Melinda

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Adollf Hitler and Olusegun Obasanjo are both Soldiers and Politicians.

By the Chinese Calendar Hitler and Obasanj were bith born in the Year of the Ox,1889 and 1937 respectivel

Hitler and Obasanjo have both been described as megalomaniacs.

Hitler and Obasanjo have both been accused of genocide.

Hitler got married to Eva Braun in April 1945 year of the Bird(chinese Calendar)

Stella Obasanjo reconcilled herself with the Catholic Church with a Marriage ceremony in the Presidential Villa on April 2005,year of the Bird(Chinese Calendar).

Winston Churchill later NobelL Laureate for Literarure born 1874 year of the Dog(Chinese calendar) slugged it out with Hitler.

Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate for Literature, born 1934,year of the Dog(Chinese Calaendar) slugged it out with ObasanjoObasanjo

Hitler and Obasanjo were both accosed of coup planning and hence imprisoned/Written 17 hours ago · Comment · LikeUnlike You like this.
Yinka Odumakin at 6:22pm March 29
Much as Obj and Hitler share the same beastial characteristics,i doubt if OBJ was not born before 1930 Ajibade Oluwaseun at 6:30pm March 29
Ha!.....This is too much to bear but simply the truth Ndimele Leo Ugochukwu at 9:01am March 30
I do not mean to sound negative this time around, but placing Hitler side by side with Obasanjo is doing injustice to the name of Adolf Hiltler.
Granted he was beastial, racist, megalomaniacal, but he had vision of a greater Germany. He took over leadership when the lot of the Germans was quite bleak and in less than 10 years Germany all but ... Read Moreconquered Europe, even though they ended up being conquered themselves. Obasanjo inherited Goodwill like no other leader before him, and what did he do; he squandered it all and led Nigeria back to the days of Babangida, or even worse if you put everything in the equation. He was a visionless ruler (note the word here) who could not deal with his base nature.

By Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth email Augustine308@yahoo.com German Physicist ,Max Planck once jested that those born in 1879 were especially pre- destined for Physics.In 1879,Albert Einstein,Otto Hahn and Max Von Laue were born .They all went on to win the Nobel prize for physics.The Physicist, Lise Meitner,Planck was to say, "was born a small inquisitive girl in November 1878,she could not wait for her time to come

On March 14 1878,exactly one year before the birth of Albert Einstein,Methodist Boys High School,Lagos ,Nigeria was Opened to Students.In 1879, a sister school,Methodist Girls High School,Yaba ,Lagos was opened to students which was to produce Ibiyinka Fuwape(nee Adedokun) described by Ebun oni, a Professor of physics at the University of Ibadan and also an old girl of Methodist Girls High School ,Yaba,as Africas first Authentic Woman theoretical Physicist.Einstein was a theoretical Physicist.Ibiyinka Fuwape became a professor in 2005, described as the Eintein Year of Physics and she finished from the University of Ibadan,which was founded on the Anniversary of the birth of Lise Meither,on November 17 1948..The world waits for Professor Ibiyinka Fuwape of the Federal University of Technology ,Akure,Nigeria
Ebun Oni is a towering figure in the Earthsciences in Africa.Being the Vice Chairman of the international commision for earhh sciences in Africa(ICESA).
Also at the University of Ibadan is the woman health Physicist Modupe Oresegun,University of California(Berkely) trained who is reminding of Lise Meitner because she is head of the institute of Radiation Protection and a senior lecturer having taken up a previous appointment with the International Atomic Energy agency(IAEA).Of course she uses visible cosmestics.When Lise Meitner was writing on the radioactivity of cosmic processes one of the journalist wrote that she was working on cosmetics.One theoretical physicist at university of Ibadan and a woamn is Dr.Oyeola popoola . Like Modupe oresegun she drives a German made automobile.One had to learn German in order to study physics in its ligua franca. I hope one day they would start learning the German language. Also at the same institutin is the Woman, R.I. Obed an expert in Health Physics and Radiation.Fuwape and popoola are both contact persons for NIGERIAN WOMEN IN PHYSICS.Google:ARTICLES BY IBIYINKA FUWAPE Google:ALBERT EINSTEIN AND WOLE SOYINKA to read about other aspects of German Physics and the University of Ibadan.

The first official business meeting of Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard who went on to form the Multi- Billion Dollar Electronics/Information Technology campany ,Hewlett-Packard, now simply known as HP was on August 23 1937. The next Day, August 24 1937 saw the birth of the Nigerian ,Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Abiola who went on to become a Dollar billionaire and served as Chairman, International Teletphone and TELEGRAPH(ITT),for Africa and the Middle east.ITT then one of the worlds largest electronics companies. Interestingly a one time CEO of ITT in the early days of HP was to serve on the board of HP.Basorun Abiola died on July 7 1998. July 7 1896 saw also the death of the submarine cable pioneer and founder, Eastern TELEGRAPH company,Sir John Pender.Like Pender ,Abiola was also into Radio communications.Interestingly, social activist , Hafsat Abiola , daughter of the late Basorun Moshood Abiola is associated with the Hewlett Packards World e-inclusion project.Its just a coincidence.Hafsat may be reached at hafsat@kind.org

NOT MY ORIGINAL; Bill Clinton and Olusegun Obasanjo were both born on a Tuesday,both Baptists,both have been presidents of the United States and Nigeria,Clinton has the name, with seven letters ,staring with W and ending with M,William and Obasanjo has the name ,with seven letters , starting with M and ending with W ,Matthew.

Is this the Hand of God?.Or Just coincidence.Albert Einstein said"Coincidence is Gods way or remaining anonymous" You would come to your own conclusion on reading some of the short write ups in this blog as it pertains to geo-politico-historical coincidences.My favourites are BETWEEN CHICAGO AND IBADAN as well as ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND OBAFEMI AWOLOWO.You can google them.Cheers

Check this blog for geo- politico-historical coincidences as it concerns Nigeria and the United states.Particularly as it concerns American presidents and Nigerian political figures. There are about ten such write ups. Pls scroll down. cheers

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Jimoh Odutola was born on March 16 1905,in Ijebu ode ,Nigeria, On this same day Guglielmo Marconi,an engineer,then the greatest Italian Scientist and one of the worlds greatest, got married.The cream of the Italian society might have gathered to attend this wedding. .On December 7 1921,Jimoh Odutola ,described as the uncrowmed Baron of Business in Africa,started business .This same day is known as the feast of Saint Ambrose,and Saint Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan.Milan the industrial and commercial capital of Italy as well as once described as the fashion capital of the world.Jimoh Odutola has been doing business with the people of Milan for about 60 years.he excelled in industry,commerce and the fashion related textile industry. In an interview with a newspaper he said that he is confident that if his photograph or his name is featured in any newspaper in Italy he is sure to be recognised, He is 103 years and still going strong. Jimoh Odutola found a friend in Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) who had a soft spot for Giuseppe garibaldi,patroit,guerilla fighter and always in opposition in Italian politics.Awolowo was always in opposition in Nigerian politics
Obafemi Awolowo described as the best President Nigeria never had is also reminding of the Italian American Enrico Fermi.Enrico fermi was called the Pope because he was always right.Awolowo was called the sage because of his timely wisdom.Fermi has been described as being as good a theoretician as he was an experimentalist and awolowo ,a world class political theoreticain and a practical economist.Fermi is credited with winning the second world war for the US President Harry S.Truman and Awolowo was the chief strategist for the Nigerian head of state Yakubu Gowon during the Nigerian Civil War

Enrico Fermi tested the first Nuclear Reactor as it was invented by him at the university of Chicago on December 2 1942,in a squash Racquet court. The next day December 3 1942 a son,named Oluwole was born to Awolowo in Ibadan and he became an avid squash Racquet player. Awolowo lived in Apapa,Lagos ,Nigeria.There used to be alot of Italians in Apapa. Google Search;CHICAGO AND IBADAN for further coincidences

List of Italian American business people-Wikipedia. Italian Embassy in Nigeria
Italian embassy in Nigeria Tel.+23493142986,Fax:+23493142987,email:itabuja@betalinkserve.com ,-Plot 1611-Yusuf Maitama Sule Street,Abuja,Nigeria

Italian-American Chamberof Commerce,730 Fifth Avenue,Suite 600,New York,NY 10019 ,phone(212)459-0044,Fax212)459 0090

Ijebu Chamber of Commerce,P.O.Box 694.Ijebu-Ode,Ogun State,Nigeria phone+23437432880

Enrico Fermi(Died 1954) a physicist,Barack Obama a Lawyer and Fela Bright a Nigerian Physicist were both born in the year of the Ox(Chinese Calendar),1901,1961 and 1961 respectively.You have the year of the Ox every 12 years.They were all born in the year of the Iron Ox(Tibetan Calendar).You have the year of the Iron Ox every 60 years.

Fermi an Italian American and Nuclear Physicist is credited with winning the second world War for the U.S. President Harry S. Truman,Obama a Kenyan-American wants to be President of the U.S. Fermi and Obama lectured at the Columbia University and the University of Chicago, .Fermi invented the Nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago towards the development of the Atomic bomb.Obama,on Nuclear power has said"It is reasonable and realistic for Nuclear power to remain on the table for consideration". Obamas mother, Stanley Ann Dunham was born November 29 1942,three days before the first test of a nuclear reator by Fermi(December 2 1942). Obamas wifes name is Michelle the feminine form of the name Michael. Fermi was born on Saint Michaels Day(september 29)1901.Fermi died on November 28 1954 the eve of the anniversary of the birthday of Obamas mother. Obama has been one of those fighting for the Fermi funds in the senate(2007) . The Fermi funds are for the Fermi National accelarator Lab.FERMILAB.He has also done some work on non Proliferation of Nuclesr weapons in the Senate.Fela Bright a Nigerian had a love for Italian cars which made him adopt the Italian name Ferrari,He was at the University of Ibadan. Obama was first black President of The Harvard Law Review and Fela Bright first president of the Physics Students association,University of Ibadan.Barack Obama and Fela Bright ae both left handed. Fela Bright was moving to mark the One hundredth anniversary of the birth of Fermi at the MUSON centre Lagos. then in 2001. Fela Bright is President of the NGO STEPS -TO-Life which is into Human Rights,Education,Health,Physics,ICT,Gender Issues and Social Work.Google search: CHICAGO AND IBADAN for coincidences between Ibadan and Chicago or Scroll down to my very first write up.It would take about three minutes. You can also google search:FELA BRIGHT or visit www.augusting.blog.co.uk