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U.S. Declares Independance
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Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox
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U.S. Civil War
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Clara Barton founded the Red Cross
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William Roentgen discovered X-Ray
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6th Colera pandemic
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Marie Curie Isoloated radium
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WW1
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Polio epidemic occurs in New York City 2300 children die
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Famine in Ethiopia
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Influenza pandemic
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Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
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Russain famine- 7 million dead
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March of Dimes is founded as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
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WW2
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Japanese attack Changteh with cholera: 117,000 dead
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Jonas Salk developed the Polio Vaccine
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Minamata disease occurs in Japan
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Asian Flu edidemic
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U.S. tests nonpathogenic ANTHRAX in N.Y.C. subway system
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First appearance of Leginnaires' diseae
in Philidelphia 221 are sick and 34 are dead -
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Human anthrax epidemic occurs in Zimbabwe
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Anthrax epidemic at Sverdlovsk, USSR (now Russia)
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Toxic Shock syndrome (TSS) is linked to Tampon use
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Bhopal Disaster occurs
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Mad Cow disease is first identified
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Rotary International and WHO launch PolioPlus program
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1 in 6 babies born in N.Y.C. is HIV positive
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First diagnosis of Gulf War syndrome
in 1996 the U.S. Department of Defense announces no evidence for its existence -
Massive Escherichia coli outbreak ins treaced to fast-food burgers
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Milwaukee- 400,000 people are sick from Cryptosporidium contaminated water
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Pan American Health Organization declares the Americas free of polio
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Outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague are seen in India
