Fingerprinting was first officially used in the US in a St. Louis police department.
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Maxentius became a Roman emperor, until his death exactly six years later.
The World Health Organization ranked Tuberculosis as deadly as HIV in its list of the world's most deadly diseases.
English literature classic Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift was published.
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in the Dominican Republic.
The Cuban Missile Crisis Ended.