On this day:
1910: The Lakeview Gusher causes the largest accidental oil spill in history
1942: For the first time in history, a dying patient’s life is saved by penicillin
Born on this day:
1879: Albert Einstein: German/American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1854: Paul Ehrlich: German physician, Nobel Prize laureate
Gone on this day:
1883: Karl Marx: German philosopher, Founder of Marxism
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