Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In 1888
Thursday, 03 April 2025
Apr 26 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer on this day in history. 
Apr 28 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) on this day in history.
Apr 29 In the year 1888 old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha
Apr 30 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi on this day in history.
Apr 30 On this day in history john Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
May 04 On this day in history italy & Spain sign military covenant
May 04 Italy &Spain sign military covenant in the year 1888.
May 06 Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73) in the year 1888.
May 07 Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris in the year 1888.
May 07 On this day in history george Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
May 10 On this day in history first colonial athletics championships are held at the NSW Amateur Athletics Association Cricket Ground in Sydney.
May 10 In the year 1888 max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
May 11 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 on this day in history.
May 11 On this day in history irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
May 12 On this day in history crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
May 13 Brazil abolishes slavery in the year 1888.
May 13 In the year 1888 deWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
May 13 DeWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat" on this day in history.
May 13 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery in the year 1888.
May 14 On this day in history 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00
May 14 Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London) on this day in history.
May 15 Jean Wahl, French philosopher in the year 1888.
May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia on this day in history.
May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC on this day in history.
May 17 On this day in history a P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England)
May 21 On this day in history may Aufderheide, composer
May 22 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers on this day in history.
May 23 In the year 1888 adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
May 25 On this day in history miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)
May 27 Louis Durey, composer on this day in history.
May 28 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) in the year 1888.
May 30 In the year 1888 james A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)
May 31 On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)
Jun 01 California gets its 1st seismograph in the year 1888.
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