Mar 13 Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
Mar 14 2nd largest snowfall in New York NY history (21")
Mar 25 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber
Mar 22 English Football League established
Mar 06 Author Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) dies.
Mar 12 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in northeast US (400 die)
Mar 10 Heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
Mar 07 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
Mar 11 The "Great Blizzard of 88" started to roar along the Atlantic Seaboard of the U.S., shutting down communication and transportation lines.
Mar 11 Great blizzard of '88 strikes northeast US
Aug 19 First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
Aug 25 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title
Aug 31 First 'Jack the Ripper' victim discovered in Buck's Row, London
Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour
Aug 15 The birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author
Aug 07 Patent for revolving door granted
Aug 30 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day
Aug 31 North Canterbury, New Zealand a 7+ earthquake in northern Canterbury, some 100 kilometers from Christchurch, caused the partial collapse of the cathedral's spire
Aug 31 Jack the Ripper claims his first victim as the body of Mary Ann Nicholls is found in London.
Sep 25 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (BG)
Sep 12 The birth of Maurice Chevalier, French actor
Sep 04 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a US patent for his camera that uses roll film.
Sep 26 The birth of T.S Eliot, Poet and playwright
Sep 18 Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Sign of Four" (BG)
Feb 22 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)
