Page 7: Historical Events In 1888

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   NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record in the year 1888.   

Aug 11   California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store) on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1888 owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh)   

Aug 12   On this day in history bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour   

Aug 12   In the year 1888 bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour   

Aug 12   On this day in history marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)   

Aug 13   In the year 1888 john Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV)   

Aug 15   On this day in history albert Spalding, composer   

Aug 15   On this day in history the birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author   

Aug 17   In the year 1888 james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies   

Aug 17   Monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner) in the year 1888.   

Aug 19   On this day in history 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins   

Aug 19   On this day in history 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   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   Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 in the year 1888.   

Aug 21   On this day in history william Seward Burroughs patents adding machine   

Aug 22   On this day in history violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue)   

Aug 24   In the year 1888 rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies   

Aug 25   In the year 1888 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)   

Aug 25   On this day in history henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title   

Aug 30   Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day in the year 1888.   

Aug 31   First 'Jack the Ripper' victim discovered in Buck's Row, London in the year 1888.   

Aug 31   On this day in history jack the Ripper claims his first victim as the body of Mary Ann Nicholls is found in London.   

Aug 31   On this day in history 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   

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 in the year 1888.   

Aug 31   On this day in history ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)   

Sep 01   In the year 1888 dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens   

Sep 03   In the year 1888 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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Jan 01   John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1888 birth of arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)   

Jan 08   Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1888 birth of matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960)   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)   

Jan 10   Grock, Switzerland, clown was born in the year 1888.   

Jan 11   In the year 1888 birth of chester Conklin, Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)   

Jan 05   Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday in the year 1888.   

Jan 14   On this day in history stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74   

Jan 21   In the year 1888 stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83   

Jan 29   Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77   

Jan 31   On this day in history death of john Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)   

Feb 05   On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49   

Feb 13   On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (b. 1814)