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Oswaldo Cruz
1872Aug, 5

Oswaldo Cruz

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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    Railway air brake

    George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
  • 22Mar

    Gender equality

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

    Amnesty Act

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  • 18Nov

    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.
  • 9Dec

    P. B. S. Pinchback

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