Sir Alexander Fleming  (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955)

Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an
accidental discovery led to one of the great developments
of modern medicine on September 3, 1928. Having left a
plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, Fleming noticed
that a mold that had fallen on the culture had killed many of
the bacteria. He identified the mold as penicillium notatum,
similar to the kind found on bread.

In 1929, Fleming introduced his mold by-product called
penicillin to cure bacterial infections.

On September 28, 1941, the last day of Major League Baseball’s
regular season, the Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams got six hits
in eight at-bats during a doubleheader in Philadelphia, boosting
his average to .406. He becomes the first player since 1930 to hit
.400. "I guess I’ll be satisfied with that thrill out there today," he
tells the Boston Globe about hitting .400. "… I never wanted
anything harder in my life."

In addition to his .406 batting average—no major league player
since Williams has hit .400—the left fielder led the big leagues
with 37 homers, 135 runs and a slugging average of .735.

Williams, nicknamed “The Splendid Splinter” and “The Thumper,
” began his big-league career with the Red Sox in 1939.

MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A prototype, all-electric airplane
took its first flight Tuesday morning in central Washington
state.

The Seattle Times reports that if the Federal Aviation
Administration eventually certifies the small airplane to
carry passengers, it could become the first all-electric
commercial airplane.

The plane, built by startup Eviation, was built to carry nine
passengers and up two pilots. It took off from Moses Lake,
Washington, at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday, and landed eight minutes
later.

The company’s goal is to show such electric planes are viable
as commuter aircraft flying at an altitude of about 15,000 feet.

Armour & Company was an American company and was one
of the  five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was
founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by
Philip Danforth Armour Sr. 

In connection with its meatpacking operations, the company
also ventured into pharmaceuticals (Armour Pharmaceuticals)
and soap manufacturing, introducing Dial soap in 1948.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

   

Philip Danforth Armour Sr.
(16 May 1832 – 6 January 1901)

Venetia Stevenson (born Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson)
(10 March 1938 – 26 September 2022)

Venetia Stevenson, an English-American model, actress and
daughter of Hollywood luminaries who appeared in films including Darby’s Rangers, Island of Lost Women and Horror
Hotel after being labeled “the most photogenic girl in the world”,
has died. She was 84.

According to her brother, actor and photographer Jeffrey Byron,
Stevenson died Monday at a health care facility in Atlanta, Ga.
(The Hollywood Reporter)