On this day:
1990: Lithuania becomes the first Soviet republic to declare its independence
2011: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster strikes Japan
Born on this day:
1730: Otto Friedrich Müller: Danish Naturalist, a pioneer in the studies of bacteria, diatoms, and infusoria
Gone on this day:
1955: Alexander Fleming: Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate for discovery of penicillin
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