1962 Event Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds 1955 Death Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 1941 Event Florey and Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures, Penicillin 1941 Event Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin 1928 Event Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 1910 Birthday Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist, penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964 1908 Birthday Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945 1898 Birthday Howard W. Florey, Australia, pathologist; purified penicillin, Nobel '45 1881 Birthday Alexander Fleming, born in England, bacteriologist, penicillin; Nobel 1954
