 1845 - Edward Mallinckrodt born: founder of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. |
| 1912 - Konrad Bloch born: cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism; Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1964. |
| 1941 - Dow Chemical produced the first ingot of any metal to be extracted from seawater (magnesium; Mg, element 12). |
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