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As a tidal wave of cholera rolled across Asia, Africa and Europe, the Tribune reported on Dec. 14, 1853, that the dreaded disease had reached the East Coast. Its victims were immigrants who died ...

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Before there was Jon Snow, King of the North, there was a real-life hero of the same name. Back in 1854, a Dr. John Snow made a medical breakthrough that earned him the title "The Father of ...