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Zacharias Janssen is the maker of the first microscope, though the inventor isn't known. -
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Fingerprint analysis becomes a forensic technique -
The first forensic academic curriculum was taught in Switzerland, founded by Archibald Reiss. -
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French criminologist, born 1877. Known for the first crime lab, Locard's exchange principle, and known as the Sherlock Holmes of France. Every contact leaves a trace -
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American Attorney and law enforcement administrator born in 1895. Established a fingerprint file, which became the world's largest. Created a scientific crime-detection laboratory. -
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An Italian scientist born in 1887. Developed a procedure for dry blood stain type: Forensic Paternity, which is the identification of a corpse based on blood from relatives. -
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An American forensic anthropologist born in 1928. Creator of the "Body Farm" or the Anthropology Research Facility, the world's first laboratory for decomposition research. One of his graduate students produced a groundbreaking study on how insects respond to dead bodies. -
Jailed for life in 1988 for raping and strangling two 15 year old girls, Lynd Mann and Dawn Ashworth, in Leicestershire 1983 and 1986. The first murderer convicted using DNA evidence. Found through genetic dragnet gave himself away when he asked a friend for a substitute blood sample. Within a year, genetic fingerprinting made the unique molecular structures of victims and suspects visible worldwide.