The last pair of great auks is killed. The Great Auk was a large, flightless bird that once lived along the rocky coasts of the…
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15 June 1844
Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
3 July 1844
The last pair of great auks is killed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk’]
3 July 1844
The last of the great auks are killed. The great auk is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It…
3 July 1844
The last pair of great auks is killed. The Little Ice Age may have reduced the population of the Great Auk by exposing more of…