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1888 Calendar

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•  March 2, 1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
•  March 20, 1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
•  April 11, 1888 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
•  June 3, 1888 – The poem “Casey at the Bat”, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
•  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 30, 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
•  October 9, 1888 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
•  October 15, 1888 – The “From Hell” letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
•  November 9, 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
•  December 9, 1888 – Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department.

•  February 22, 1888 – Owen Brewster, American politician (d. 1961)
•  March 4, 1888 – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
•  March 7, 1888 – Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (d. 1978)
•  March 14, 1888 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
•  March 27, 1888 – Bouke Benenga, Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
•  July 24, 1888 – Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
•  September 26, 1888 – J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist (d. 1964)
•  November 11, 1888 – Abul Kalam Azad, Indian independence movement leader (d. 1958)