Page 8: Historical Events In 1888

Sep 06   Charles Turner is recorded as becoming the inaugural bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season   

Sep 06   Joseph P Kennedy, Boston Mass, diplomat, father of JFK, RFK and Teddy.   

Sep 07   Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator.   

Sep 08   In England the inaugural six Football League matches ever are played.   

Sep 08   Louis Zimmer, Flemish clock maker (Jubelklok/Wonder Clock).   

Sep 09   John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71   

Sep 11   Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day is chosen   

Sep 11   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77   

Sep 12   Maurice Chevalier, French actor is born.   

Sep 12   Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)   

Sep 12   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG)   

Sep 16   Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie)   

Sep 18   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" (BG).   

Sep 18   Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Sign of Four" (BG)   

Sep 19   Porter Hall, Cincinnati OH, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity).   

Sep 19   World's 1st beauty contest (Spa Belgium).   

Sep 22   Sophia J W "Sophie" Hermse, actress (Vorstenschool).   

Sep 23   Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons).   

Sep 25   Royal Court Theatre, London, opens   

Sep 25   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (BG)   

Sep 26   T S Eliot, St Louis poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948).   

Sep 26   T.S Eliot, Poet and playwright is born   

Sep 28   Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond)   

Sep 30   "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes   

Sep 30   Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45.   

Oct 01   A new Chinese Exclusion Act voted by Congress, forbids Chinese workers who have left the United States to return.   

Oct 01   In this year, National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time.   

Oct 03   Carl von Ossietzky, Germany, journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1935)   

Oct 06   Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung (Chinese Communist Party)   

Oct 07   Henry A Wallace, (D/P) 33rd VP (1941-45)/founder Progressive Party   

Oct 08   Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)   

Oct 08   Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies.   

Oct 09   Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres).   

Oct 09   Public admitted to Washington Monument   

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Jan 01   John garand: American inventor   

Jan 04   Arthur berry: England, soccer player (olympic-gold-1908, 12)   

Jan 08   Matt moore: County meath ireland, actor (coquette, deluge)   

Jan 08   Richard courant: German-american mathematician    

Jan 08   Matthew moore: Irish-american actor   

Jan 10   Emile van bosch: Dutch revue/operetta-artist (fair folks)   

Jan 10   Grock: Switzerland, clown   

Jan 11   Chester conklin: Oskaloosa ia, actor (every day's a holiday, greed)   

Jan 05   Henri herz: Composer,    

Jan 14   Stephen heller: Composer,   

Jan 21   Stephan hale alonzo marsh: Composer,    

Jan 29   Edward lear: Poet/author,    

Jan 30   Asa gray: Us botanist (flora of north america),    

Jan 31   John bosco: Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the salesian society (b. 1815)   

Feb 05   Anton mauve: Dutch painter/cousin of vincent van gogh,    

Feb 13   Jean baptiste lamy: 1st archbishop of santa fe (b. 1814)