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1000 BCE
Fingerprints are first used
Fingerprints were used on official documents like a signature in ancient China and Persia. -
fingerprint patterns are noticed
A professor in Italy noticed that fingerprints had common patterns. -
Discovered fingerprints are different
William Herschel began noticing that no two fingerprints were the same. He realized that fingerprints could be used for identification purposes. -
Fingerprints are used to identify someone
A doctor wanted to know whose water bottle it was, so he used the fingerprints on the bottle to identify it in the lab. -
Fingerprints first used to solve crime
In Argentina, there was a bloody fingerprint on the door frame. The police in Argentina was able to use it to identify the murderer. -
America begins to use fingerprints
The NYPD began to use fingerprints to identify people. -
FBI starts using fingerprints
The FBI starts keeping track of fingerprints on file. -
Fingerprints are filed in computers
The FBI started to computerize the fingerprints so it's easier. -
Fingerprinting childeren
The FBI started to fingerprint children to identify kids who had gone missing. -
Interpol has Fingerprint Identification System
Interpol has a system that has more than 150,000 fingerprints stored to identify criminals in 190 countries.