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On May 20, 1983, the first articles about the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS were published.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20• 1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier.
Mon May 20, 2024: On this day, May 20, 1983, the first articles about the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS were published.