Today In History (April 30 1897) J.J. Thomson

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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1897: J J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton, at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.