Events
1844 - The last pair of Great Auks (Alca impennis, above) is killed.
Births
1875 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon
Deaths
1672 - Francis Willughby, English biologist
1790 - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l’Isle, French chemist
1954 - Siegfried Handloser, German physician
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