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Saturday, 22
January 1887 |
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Current Events:
- Construction
begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. |
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Saturday, 5
February 1887 |
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Current Events:
- Giuseppe
Verdi's opera Otello premieres in Italy. |
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- Crowley's
father,
Edward Crowley, dies today from cancer of the tongue.
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- At his boarding
school in Cambridge, Crowley dreams that his father has died.
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Current Events:
- Edward Crowley
dies today. |
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- Crowley's
is told that
father has died the previous day.
[56]
- Crowley's
father leaves behind £150,000 in assets; worth nearly 6
million dollars by modern standards. His will stipulates
that one-third of the estate should go to his widow,
Emily Crowley, one-third to Aleister, when he comes of
age, and one-third to other relatives.
[56]
- After the death
of Edward Crowley, Aleister's mother sells the house in
Glenburnie in Southampton and spends the next year or two
living in various hotels.
[56]
- Within three
weeks of Crowley's return to a boarding school for sons of
the Plymouth Brethren, located at 51 Bateman, Street,
Cambridge he begins to get in trouble necessitating many
visits to the headmaster's office.
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Current Events:
- The
world's first motor race is won by Georges Bouton on a
steam-powered quadricycle. |
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Current Events:
- Buffalo
Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London. |
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Current Events:
- Britain
celebrates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. |
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Wednesday, 17
August 1887 |
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Thursday, 1
September 1887 |
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Thursday, 15
September 1887 |
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Current Events:
- Celebration
of the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. |
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Monday, 26
September 1887 |
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Current Events:
- Emile
Berliner patents the Gramophone. |
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Wednesday,
28 September 1887 |
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Current Events:
- The
Yellow River floods in China and kills between 900,000 and 2
million people. |
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Current Events:
- Alexander
Miles receives a patent for the elevator. |
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Wednesday,
12 October 1887 |
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- Crowley
is 12 years old. |
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- Crowley returns
home for Christmas break and his mother notices his ill
health due to his mistreatment at his boarding school for
sons of the Plymouth Brethren, located at 51 Bateman,
Street, Cambridge.
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Thursday, 1
December 1887 |
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Current Events:
- Sherlock
Holmes first appears in print with "A Study in Scarlet". |
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Thursday,
8 December 1887 |
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Saturday,
17 December 1887 |
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