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Sir William Herschel requires signatures and fingerprints on civil contracts -
Juan Vucetich initiated the fingerprinting of criminals -
Sir Francis Galton publishes the first book on fingerprints -
Sir Edward Henry develops the first system for classifying fingerprints -
U.S. military adopts the use of fingerprints. Soon after police agencies start to use fingerprints -
The first official fingerprint card was developed -
Fingerprints are accepted by U.S. courts as a reliable means of identification -
The Illinois State Supreme Court upheld the admissibility of fingerprint evidence concluding that fingerprints are a reliable form of identification -
First palm print identification is made in Nevada -
Formation of ID Division of FBI -
First computer data base of fingerprints was developed, which came to be know as the Automated Fingerprint Identification System