Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Duke Ellington, “Take the A Train”
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than fifty years.
Kreipe Abduction-Απαγωγή Κράιπε
Η απαγωγή του υποστράτηγου Κράιπε έγινε στις 26 Απρίλη του 1944 από Βρετανούς κομμάντο και Έλληνες αντιστασιακούς. Την απαγωγή σχεδίασαν και εκτέλεσαν ο Ταγματάρχης Πάτρικ Λη Φέρμορ και ο λοχαγός Ουίλιαμ Μος (William Stanley Moss), μαζί με τους Κρητικούς…
DNA
Σαν σήμερα 25 Απριλίου έγινε η ανακάλυψη της δομής του DNA το 1953 από τους Τζέιμς Γουάτσον (James D. Watson) και Φράνσις Κρικ (Francis Crick). Από πολλούς η ανακάλυψη της διπλής έλικας του DNA θεωρείται ως η μεγαλύτερη βιολογική ανακάλυψη του 20ού αιώνα.
Al Pacino
Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker who has had a career spanning more than five decades. Pacino received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for Serpico (1973); he was also nominated for The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian-born Swiss and American theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. In 1945, after having been nominated by Albert Einstein, Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics…
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty, April 24, 1934) is an American film, television, and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author. An Academy Award winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2012, and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013. She is known for her New Age beliefs, … Περισσότερα
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody … Περισσότερα