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_ On March 24, 1882, German scientist Robert Koch discovered the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. Regarded today as the “father of modern bacteriology,” Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1905._ On March 20, 1922, Hubert Work gave an order that all American homes need to be equipped with an item that the majority of us undoubtedly take for granted today: a mailbox. Work was the country’s U.S. Postmaster General, and failure to comply with the order carried a penalty of giving up one’s mail delivery._ On March 21, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge presented Charles Lindbergh ...

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