Today in History — April 25
1953
25 April 1953: Watson and Crick Reveal DNA Double Helix Structure
On April 25, 1953, the scientific journal Nature published a paper by James Watson and Francis Crick titled Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. This groundbreaking article revealed the double…
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16th President of the United States who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. Widely regarded as one of the greatest American presidents.
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