Historical Events In 1888
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Aug 09 On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45
Aug 09 In the year 1888 hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter
Aug 10 Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan) in the year 1888.
Aug 10 NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record in the year 1888.
Aug 11 In the year 1888 california Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
Aug 11 Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh) in the year 1888.
Aug 12 In the year 1888 bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour
Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour in the year 1888.
Aug 12 On this day in history marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)
Aug 13 John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV) in the year 1888.
Aug 15 In the year 1888 albert Spalding, composer
Aug 15 The birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author on this day in history.
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 First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins in the year 1888.
Aug 19 Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 on this day in history.
Aug 20 George Sklavos, composer on this day in history.
Aug 20 On this day in history 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
Aug 21 In the year 1888 simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70
Aug 21 On this day in history william Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
Aug 22 In the year 1888 violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue)
Aug 24 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies in the year 1888.
Aug 25 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60) in the year 1888.
Aug 25 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title in the year 1888.
Aug 30 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)
Sep 01 Dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens on this day in history.
Sep 03 On this day in history east Africa Company political & commercial rights
Sep 04 In the year 1888 george Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
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