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Events on Thursday 1 August 1793 1
1793Yellow fever epidemic in PhiladelphiaEpidemic kills thousands in the US capitalA severe outbreak of yellow fever struck Philadelphia, then the capital of the United States, killing roughly five thousand people and prompting a mass exodus of residents including government officials. The epidemic exposed the limits of contemporary medical knowledge about the disease's transmission.