1882    Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.

1943    Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

1993    450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.