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Wednesday,
22 February 1888 |
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Current Events:
- The
"Father of American Golf" John Reid demonstrates golf
to friends on a
cow pasture. |
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Current Events:
- The
English Football League is established. |
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- Crowley's
uncle,
Tom Bishop, visits Crowley at his boarding school for
sons of the Plymouth Brethren, located at 51 Bateman,
Street, Cambridge. While there he decides to take Crowley to
his home in London after observing that he is being
mistreated and in ill health. Shortly after, Crowley is
diagnosed with a case of albuminuria so serious that he is
not expected to reach adulthood.
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Current Events:
- First
(known) recording of classical music is made on a wax
cylinder. |
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Current Events:
- The
body of Jack the Ripper's first victim, Mary Ann Nichols, is
found in Whitechapel in London's East End. |
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Saturday, 1
September 1888 |
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Saturday, 8
September 1888 |
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Current Events:
- Jack
the Ripper murders Annie Chapman in Spitalfields in London's
East End. |
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Sunday, 30
September 1888 |
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Current Events:
- Jack
the Ripper murders two more women, Liz Stride & Kate Eddowes,
in Whitechapel in London's East End. |
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- Crowley
is 13 years old. |
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Current Events:
- John
J. Loud patents the ballpoint pen. |
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Current Events:
- Jack
the Ripper murders his fifth and probably last victim, Mary
Jane Kelly, in Spitalfields in London's East End. |
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Saturday, 17
November 1888 |
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Current Events:
- Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the premier of his 5th Symphony
in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Saturday,
8 December 1888 |
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Current Events:
- Vincent
van Gogh cuts off his left ear with a razor after an
argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin. |
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Tuesday, 25
December 1888 |
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Current Events:
- The
first indoor baseball game is played in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. |
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