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An Italian painter, inventor, scientist and an anatomist.
An English explorer of the Antarctica.
an American novelist who spent most of his writing career in Britain.
An American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash.
President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous night at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president.
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American in the 20th century to play in a major league baseball game.
In retaliation for the terrorist bombing of a Berlin discotheque, the United States launches an air raid against Libya; nearly 40 people are killed.
The enigmatic Swedish film actress Greta Garbo dies in New York.
Researchers announce the completion of the nearly 13-year-long Human Genome Project, an effort to map the entire genetic code of human beings.

An Italian a painter, a fine musician, improviser, sculptor, engineer, architect, and scientist was born on April 15, 1452, in Italy. In the duke's numerous military enterprises, he served as principal engineer. His experiments influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after his death in the field of painting. Leonardo became an independent master in 1478. In the celebrated work Divina Proportione, he assisted Luca Pacioli, the Italian mathematician. His profound love of knowledge and research was the keynote of both his artistic and scientific endeavours.
He died on May 2, 1519, in Amboise, France.
Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal