★★★★★
Nigerian Civil War (Biafran War)
War followed the secession of south-eastern Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra; the fighting and blockade-induced famine killed an estimated one to two million people.
War· Nigeria
- 1967
- 1885★★★★★
Pasteur's rabies vaccine is first used on a human
Louis Pasteur administers his rabies vaccine to Joseph Meister, a boy bitten by a rabid dog, who survives.
ScienceDisease· France - 1415★★★★★
Execution of Jan Hus
The Czech church reformer Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic by the Council of Constance and burned at the stake, sparking the Hussite movement.
ReligionDeath· Germany, Czechia