Historical Events In 1888
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Aug 09 On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45
Aug 09 On this day in history hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter
Aug 10 In the year 1888 johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)
Aug 10 In the year 1888 nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record
Aug 11 California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store) in the year 1888.
Aug 11 Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh) in the year 1888.
Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour on this day in history.
Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour on this day in history.
Aug 12 Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush) on this day in history.
Aug 13 In the year 1888 john Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV)
Aug 15 Albert Spalding, composer on this day in history.
Aug 15 The birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author in the year 1888.
Aug 17 James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies in the year 1888.
Aug 17 On this day in history monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner)
Aug 19 In the year 1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
Aug 19 In the year 1888 first beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
Aug 19 On this day in history spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65
Aug 20 In the year 1888 george Sklavos, composer
Aug 20 Longest US men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest in the year 1888.
Aug 21 Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 in the year 1888.
Aug 21 William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine on this day in history.
Aug 22 On this day in history violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue)
Aug 24 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on this day in history.
Aug 25 On this day in history 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)
Aug 25 In the year 1888 henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title
Aug 30 In the year 1888 lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day
Aug 31 In the year 1888 first 'Jack the Ripper' victim discovered in Buck's Row, London
Aug 31 Jack the Ripper claims his first victim as the body of Mary Ann Nicholls is found in London in the year 1888.
Aug 31 Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper on this day in history.
Aug 31 In the year 1888 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 In the year 1888 ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)
Sep 01 In the year 1888 dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens
Sep 03 East Africa Company political & commercial rights on this day in history.
Sep 04 On this day in history george Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
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