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Raimund Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau

2 Apr 1951 – 2 Sep 2017

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A life in time

  1. 2 Apr 1951

    Born

  2. 2 Sep 2017

    Dies, aged 66

During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1950s · Raimund is born

Around the world1953

The double helix

Watson and Crick, using Rosalind Franklin’s images, described the structure of DNA.

Sputnik. The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, and the space race began.Around the world · 1957

Sputnik. The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, and the space race began.

Andrey Butko · CC BY-SA 3.0

Around the world1955

The polio vaccine

Jonas Salk’s vaccine was declared safe; polio, which paralysed thousands of children a year, began to retreat.