The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming
The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming
The facts
| Dates | AD 1928 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming falls 5932 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The sinking of the TitanicAD 1912The start of commercial radio broA.D.castingAD 1920The first Winter OlympicsAD 1924The invention of the televisionAD 1927The discovery of PlutoAD 1930The detonation of the first atomic bombAD 1945The first successful climb of Mount EverestAD 1953The launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satelliteAD 1957
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