January 3, 1888: First wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington DC

January 5, 1888: Dutch Heidemaatschappij established

January 7, 1888: Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)

January 13, 1888: National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC)

January 27, 1888: National Geographic Society organizes (Wash DC)

January 30, 1888: Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria

February 22, 1888: John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)

February 27, 1888: Louisville, Ky becomes 1st govt in US to adopt Australian ballot

February 28, 1888: Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes

February 28, 1888: Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres

March 2, 1888: The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

March 10, 1888: First performance of Caesar Franck's "Psyche"

March 10, 1888: HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds

March 11, 1888: Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US

March 12, 1888: Second day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)

March 13, 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 rages

March 14, 1888: Second largest snowfall in NYC history (21")

March 20, 1888: Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia"

March 20, 1888: The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta was staged in Moscow, Russia.

March 21, 1888: Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London

March 22, 1888: English Football League established

March 25, 1888: Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber

April 1, 1888: Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam

April 7, 1888: Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)

April 11, 1888: The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.

April 16, 1888: Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike

April 20, 1888: 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India

April 24, 1888: Eastman Kodak forms

April 29, 1888: Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha

April 30, 1888: Hail stones kill about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi

May 4, 1888: Italy & Spain sign military covenant

May 7, 1888: Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris

May 7, 1888: George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"

May 11, 1888: 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49

May 12, 1888: Crouching start first used by Charles Sherrill of Yale

May 13, 1888: DeWolf Hooper first recited "Casey at Bat"

May 13, 1888: Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery

May 14, 1888: 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00

May 16, 1888: CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC

May 22, 1888: Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers

June 1, 1888: California gets its first seismograph

June 3, 1888: "Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner)

June 5, 1888: Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president

June 5, 1888: The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.

June 9, 1888: 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25

June 13, 1888: Congress creates Department of Labor

June 15, 1888: Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany

June 20, 1888: Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas

June 23, 1888: Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president

June 25, 1888: Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison

June 29, 1888: First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.

July 3, 1888: NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak

July 4, 1888: First organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Ariz

July 11, 1888: 118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)

July 11, 1888: Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall

July 15, 1888: Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years

July 23: 1888: John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire

July 27, 1888: Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile

August 7, 1888: Theophilus Van Kannel of Phila patents revolving door

August 10, 1888: NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record

August 11, 1888: California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)

August 12, 1888: Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour

August 19, 1888: First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins

August 20, 1888: 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

August 21, 1888: William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine

August 25, 1888: 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)

August 30, 1888: Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day

August 30, 1888: Dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens

September 3, 1888: East Africa Company political & commercial rights

September 3, 1888: Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

September 4, 1888: George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"

September 6, 1888: Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season - a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).

September 7, 1888: Edith Eleanor McLean is the first baby place in an incubator

September 8, 1888: In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.

September 11, 1888: Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day is chosen.

September 12, 1888: Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG)

September 18, 1888: Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" (BG)

September 19, 1888 World's first beauty contest (Spa Belgium)

September 25, 1888: Royal Court Theatre, London, opens

September 25, 1888: Start of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskervilles" (BG)

September 30, 1888: "Jack the Ripper" butchers two more women, Liz Stride & Kate Eddowes

October 1, 1888: National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time

October 9, 1888: Washington Monument opens for public admittance

October 10, 1888: Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)

October 17, 1888: Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

October 19, 1888: Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs

October 20, 1888: Chicago & All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, NZ

October 23, 1888: Pelham Bay Park in Bronx, vested

October 29, 1888: Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company

October 30, 1888: John J Loud patents ballpoint pen

October 30, 1888: Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland £100 per month

October 31, 1888: John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire

November 3, 1888: Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes

November 6, 1888: Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats Pres Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more popular votes

November 9, 1888: In London, Jack the Ripper murdered his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.

November 14, 1888: St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes

November 14, 1888: USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game

November 17, 1888: Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in St Petersburg

November 20, 1888: William Bundy patents timecard clock

December 11, 1888: French Panama Canal company fails

December 18, 1888: Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde.

December 19, 1888: Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa

December 22, 1888: Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain

December 23, 1888: Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear

December 25, 1888: First indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia

December 30, 1888: Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star

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