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The first official reporting of what will become known as the AIDS epidemic.
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first American AIDS clinic is established in San Francisco.
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he first congressional hearings on HIV/AIDS.
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U.S. allocates $5 million to CDC for surveillance and $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for AIDS research.
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CDC uses the term “AIDS” (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) for the first time
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CDC reports a case of AIDS in an infant who received blood transfusions.
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By year-end, there is a cumulative total of 270 reported cases of severe immune deficiency among gay men, and 121 of those individuals have died.
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CDC reports cases of AIDS in female sexual partners of males with AIDS.
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San Francisco General Hospital opens the first dedicated AIDS ward in the U.S. It is fully occupied within days
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bathhouses closed due to high-risk sexual activity occurring in these venues. New York and Los Angeles follow suit within the year.
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International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses declares that the virus that causes AIDS
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Reagan makes his first public speech about AIDS and establishes a Presidential Commission on HIV.
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World AIDS Day.
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National Commission on AIDS. The Commission meets for the first time
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The number of reported AIDS cases in the United States reaches 100,000.
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I think that Gay Rights should be legal in all states and Aids should be stopped one way or another
