Births on August 5

Oswaldo Cruz

Born on August 5, 1872

Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917)

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, better known as Oswaldo Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ozˈvawdu ˈkɾus]; August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.He occupied the fifth chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1912 until his death in 1917.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
18 Nov

United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Births on August 5

Oswaldo Cruz

Born on August 5, 1872

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Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

United States presidential election, 1872

P. B. S. Pinchback