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Events on Wednesday 29 September 1982 1
1982Chicago Tylenol murdersCyanide-laced capsules kill sevenSeven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. The unsolved poisonings prompted the introduction of tamper-evident packaging across the pharmaceutical industry.