Hoy en la Historia
June 3, 1844
The Great Auk, a large, flightless seabird, became extinct when the last pair of breeding adults were killed by hunters on Eldey island, off the coast of Iceland 1924: Austrian novelist Franz Kafka, who exerted a huge influence with such works as The Trial and Metamorphosis, died 1999: Serbia voted to accept a peace proposal requiring Serb withdrawal from Kosovo 2014: Scientists announced the discovery of a new type of potentially habitable planet 2018: Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego volcano erupted without warning, killing at least 190 people