3 July 1844 Posted on July 2, 2019 by Staff The last pair of great auks is killed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk’] Famous Words of Inspiration..."I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work." Thomas A. Edison — Click here for more from Thomas A. Edison Related posts: 3 July 1844 3 July 1844 21 February 1918 1 September 1914 28 December 1836 11 July 1576 17 July 1902 15 December 2010 17 July 1996 3 July 1940