Open Database Connectivity. In computing, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard application programming interface (API) for accessing database management systems (DBMS). The designers of ODBC aimed to make it independent of database systems and operating systems.
The death toll from a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia hits 100 on this day in 1793. By the time it ended, 5,000 people were dead. Yellow fever, or American plague as it was known at the time, is a viral disease that begins with fever and muscle pain.
The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaked during the first weeks of October.Philadelphia, then the nationâs capital, was the most cosmopolitan city in the United States.inutes of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed on the 14th September, 1793, by the Citizens of Philadelphia, the Northern Liberties and the District of Southwark, to Attend to and Alleviate the Suffering of the Afflicted with the Malignant Fever, Prevalent in the City and Its Vicinity, With an Appendix.