jan 1, 1880 - The Discovery of Fingerprinting
Description:
Henry Faulds, a Scottish physician working in Tokyo, published a paper in the journal Naturesuggesting that fingerprints at the scene of a crime could identify the offender. In one of the first recorded uses of fingerprints to solve a crime, Faulds used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect and indicate a perpetrator in a Tokyo burglary.
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Date:
jan 1, 1880
Now
~ 145 years ago