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In 30 April 1897, Josef John Thomson showed that cathode rays were composed of previously unknown negatively charged particles (now called electrons), which he calculated must have bodies much smaller than atoms and a very large charge-to-mass ratio.

Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he “won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature” and “became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America”.

Lars von Trier (30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation confrontational examination of existential, social, and political issues.

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.

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.

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…

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.