This day in history, December 31: Health commission in Wuhan, China, announces that experts are investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness and most victims visited a seafood market in the city

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Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.

On Dec. 31, 2019, the health commission in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that experts were investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness and that most of the victims had visited a seafood market in the city; the statement said 27 people had become ill with a strain of viral pneumonia and that seven were in serious condition.

In 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light by illuminating some 40 bulbs at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. In 1974, private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.

 

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'and most victims visited a seafood market in the city'... Only a stone's throw away from a virus lab with a history of poor containment practices. There, fixed it for ya, Pravda Tribune.

Still pushing this lie, 2 years later.

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