Events
Augustus Winkler
Died in 1993
location: N/A
altered his fingerprints
along with many others
by having a doctor remove
a narrow strip down the
center.Evidence of Fingerprinting
Date: 1000 B.C.
Location: Ancient Babylon,
China, Nova Scotia, and Persia.
This is the first time in
documented history
that fingerprints were used
in place of a signatureWilliam Herschel
Date:1858
Location: India
Had some use fingerprints
to sign contracts then,
realized that no two fingerprints
are exactly the same.Fingerprints for solving crimes
Date:1892
Location: Argentina
Police found bloody fingerprint
on the door frame of a crime
scene. And, used it to identify
the murdererFIngerprints are becoming popular
Date: 1896
Location: British India
It took awhile for the use
for fingerprints to catch on
but this was the first year
the increase was significant.Fingerprints used to identify someone
Date: 1880
Location: Tokyo
A doctor in Tokyo
(Henry Faulds) used fingerprints
to identify who left a stray bottle
lying aroundFingerprints in the U.S.A
Date: 1903
Location: New York
NYPD and others across
the state started using
fingerprints to identify
people.Military Branches and Fingerprints
Date: 1905
Location: n/a
The MarInes, Army, and Navy started using fingerprints. Even the NBCI also began keeping track of fingerprints on file.FBI and FIngerprinting
Location: America
Date: 1924
The FBI took over fingerprinting
in America . BY 1971 they had
over 2 million fingerprints on file.Computerizing Fingerprints
Location: N/A
Date: 1990
they started using computers
to digitize
their fingerprint recordsFingerprinting for a purpose
location: america
date: 1996
The law started fingerprinting
children in the event of
them becoming lost.Electronic fingerprints in the FBI
location: america
Date: 1999
The FBI started to store their
fingerprint files electronically.
Now millions of criminals
fingerprints are stored
this way .
Comments