March, 24th, World Tuberculosis Day

1882 – German explorer Robert Koch discovers bacteria causing Tuberculosis disease.

 

1911- Denmark Government abolish all forms of corporal punishments.

 

1989 – Oil tanker Exxon Valdez sinks near Alaska, spilling approximately 40,000 tons of crude oil, causing environmental disaster.

 

1014 – Malaysia Airlines announces that Flight 370 was assumed lost with no survivors.

 

Born today:

 

1903 – German Chemist  and Nobel-Laureate Adolf Butenandt.

 

Passed away:

 

1905 – French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne.

 

Occasions:

 

 

World Tuberculosis Day.

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