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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