2015 Event Teixobactin, a newly discovered antibiotic, offers hope in treating tuberculosis and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria; the drug has been effective in rodent trials but has not yet been tested in humans 1990 Death Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48 1989 Death Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 1988 Event Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis 1988 Event Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital 1904 Event National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1896 Death Wyatt Eaton, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, dies from tuberculosis in Newport, Rhode Island 1892 Event 1st cattle tuberculosis test in U.S. made, Villa Nova, Penn 1882 Death Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 1882 Event Dr. Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis 1821 Death John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome 1801 Death Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28
