It was on this day that the infamous serial killer and body snatcher, William Burke, was executed in a public hanging.
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The first successful flight across the English Channel was on this day.
A doctor who in 1928 figured out that cervical and uterine cancer could be easily detected using a vaginal smear.
Henry Heimlich is credited with the lifesaving abdominal thrust, but that was just one of his contributions to the world.