And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: September 28th, 1928, 86 years ago today . . . a day that changed medicine completely by accident. It happened in the laboratory of Alexander Fleming, ...

Imagine making a scientific discovery that would go on to save millions of lives - by accident. Well that's exactly what happened on 28 September 1928, when Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish ...

LONDON -- Sir Alexander Fleming, 73, discoverer of penicillin, died today of a heart attack. He was struck down suddenly by a seizure for which his great miracle drug was no match. But the shy, ...

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