The World Health Organization ranked Tuberculosis as deadly as HIV in its list of the world’s most deadly diseases.
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Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.
Fingerprinting was first officially used in the US in a St. Louis police department.
Prince Regent George Augustus Frederick purchased the first copy of Jane Austen's novel ''Sense and Sensibility.”
English literature classic Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift was published.