Events
New Mexico 1882- Gilbert Thomas known
to be the first man in the US to use fingerprinting
to prevent forgery.Germany 1788- Anatomist and doctor
J.C.A Mayor publishes book declaring skin
ridges are distinctly different from one another.China 200 BC- Chinese dynasty records show
handprints being used during burglary investigations.Argentina 1892 - Inspector Eduardo Alvarez
makes the first criminial investigation identification for
a murder case.America 1905- The U.S army begins using
fingerprints for the use of centralized identification cards.Denmark 1914 - The Denmark police force
of Copenhagen create an electronic machine to
encode fingerprints and send them through telegraphs.America 1924 - An act of congress creates the
Identification Division of the FBI, officially stablizing the
use of fingerprints as identification.Worldwide 2012 - INTERPOL's Automated Fingerprint
Identification System exceeds 150,000 sets of fingerprints for
international criminal records from 170 countries.America 2018 - Homeland security department
of Biometric Identity Management contains over 120
million fingerprints.New York 1902 - First systematic use of
fingerprints by NY civil service commissions
for testing by Dr. Henry P.Poland 1823 - Anatomy professor Jan Purkinje
publishes thesis discussing the nine fingerprint
patterns and how they can be used for ID.England 1858 - First use of fingerprints for service was by
Sir William James, who first used fingerprints for native
contracts in India.
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