Hitler committed suicide

 

Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Fuhrebunker in Berlin. His wife Eva committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide. Hitler was born on 20 April 1889  and he was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. 

Justice M. Fathima Beevi

Justice M. Fathima Beevi was the first female judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any higher judiciary. She is the first woman judge of a Supreme Court of a nation in India and Asia. She was born on April 30, 1927. 

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Harold Clayton Urey

Harold Clayton Urey was born on  April 29, 1893 and he was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. He discovered deuterium and he played a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, but may be most prominent for his contribution to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matters.

International Dance Day

 

International Dance Day was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), UNESCO partner NGO, and is celebrated on April 29 every year.

Workers' Memorial Day

Workers' Memorial Day, International Workers' Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day (ICD) for Dead and Injured or Day of Mourning   takes place annually around the world on April 28, an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

 

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791, he is an American inventor. He contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, was a co-inventor of the Morse code, and also an accomplished painter.He died on April 2, 1872.

World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on 26 April. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life" and "to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovations to the development of societies across the globe.

A patent was granted for the thimble.

 

On April 25, 1684 a patent is granted for a thimble. A thimble is a small hard pitted cup worn for protection on the finger that pushes the needle in sewing.

 

world's first cloned dog

Snuppy also known as "doggy"; born April 24, 2005 Known for, First ever cloned dog is an Afghan hound, credited with being the world's first cloned dog.The puppy was created using the cell of an ear from an adult Afghan hound and involved 123 surrogate mothers, of which only three produced pups

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar was born April 24, 1973 in Bombay, India, to a middle-class family, the youngest of four children. His father was a professor while his mother worked for a life insurance company. Given his first cricket bat at the age 11, Tendulkar was just 16 when he became India's youngest Test cricketer.

World Book and Copyright Day

World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on 23 April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. It is also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days.  In the United Kingdom, the day is instead recognized on the first Thursday in March. World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.

The first video was uploaded to YouTube.com

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal  employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos.The first YouTube video was entitled Me at the zoo,and shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video was uploaded on April 23, 2005, and can still be viewed on the site.

Steve Fossett

James Stephen "Steve" Fossett was an American businessman, and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was Born on April 22, 1944 and he was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and first to cross Pacific in a balloon. He died on September 3, 2007.

The first human eye transplant

On April 22, 1969, doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston performed what was billed as the first human eye transplant on John Madden, 54, owner of a photography studio. The donor eye was taken from a man who had died of a brain tumor and the donor cornea,lens and iris were given to Madden. Although the transplant failed to restore Madden's sight--it has been reported that the donor eye was not preserved enough to keep it viable--the historic procedure was considered a medical miracle.

Earth Day

 

Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year. The April 22 date was designated as International Mother Earth Day by a consensus resolution adopted by the UN in 2009. It is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year.

Thrissur Pooram

 

Thrissur Pooram  is one of the most popular temple festivals of the South Indian state Kerala. It is held at Vadakkunnathan every year on 'Pooram'  day of the Malayalam Calender month of 'Medam'. 'Pooram' day is the day when the moon rises with the Pooram star. In 2013 its Pooram is on April 21.

 

The World Digital Library.

On 21 April 2009 UNESCO along with 32 partner institutions  launched The World Digital Library. The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress. The web site features free unlimited access to cultural material from around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints, and photographs.

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party.He was born on on 20 April 1889 and committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945.

Karl Alexander Müller

 

Karl Alexander Müller was born on April 20, 1927, he is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz (http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/05/j-georg-bednorz.html) for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.

India's first satellite launched

Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. It was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar using a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle.launch vehicle. It was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to gain experience in building and operating a satellite in space.