South Carolina State University was founded
On Mar. 4, 1896, South Carolina State University (SCSU) was founded as the state’s sole public college for…
Vampire panic caused by tuberculosis
On Jan. 27, 1896, the Boston Globe published a story on superstitious beliefs in rural Rhode Island that…
An Austrian newspaper reported a type of radiation now known as X-rays
On Jan. 5, 1896, an Austrian newspaper (Wiener Presse) reported that German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen had discovered a…
Johnson ï¾ & ï¾ Johnson manufactured the first mass-produced sanitary protection products for women
In 1896, Johnson ï¾ &ï¾ Johnson manufacture the first mass-produced sanitary protection products for women, a huge step forward…
Rhizobia became commercially available in the United States
In 1896, rhizobia becomes commercially available in the U.S
Typhoid vaccines were first developed
In 1896, Almroth Edward Wright, Richard Pfeiffer and Wilhelm Kolle developed the first typhoid vaccine. It was a…
Deaconess Hospital was founded
In 1896 as part of their missionary charter, Methodist deaconesses founded Deaconess Hospital to care for the city’s…
Shodair Children’s Hospital was founded
In 1896, Shodair Children’s Hospital was founded. In 1987, Shodair Childrenï¾’s Hospital became a Childrenï¾’s Miracle Network Hospital…
Rocky Mountain spotted fever was first recognized
In 1896, Rocky Mountain spotted fever was first recognized in the Snake River Valley of Idaho and was…
George Frederic Still described juvenile arthritis
In 1896, George Frederic Still described a form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and the common functional Still’s murmur,…