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: '''Reign of Queen Victoria''' | : '''Reign of Queen Victoria''' | ||
='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>'''= | ='''<font color=red>CURRENT</font>'''= | ||
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==September, '88== | ==September, '88== | ||
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: '''9th''' | : '''9th''' | ||
:: <font color=green>'''BROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Sunday.2C_September_9.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #2]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''"RIPPER - Red Light Killings too much for the Police?"'' | :: <font color=green>'''BROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Sunday.2C_September_9.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #2]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''"RIPPER - Red Light Killings too much for the Police?"'' | ||
: '''8th''' | : '''8th''' | ||
− | :: | + | :: London, the dead body of Alexander Gentry (known for the development of his Maxim "'''Quill'''" armored plate) is found. Gentry, a former prototype developer from the '''Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns, Ammunition Industry Munitions''' (office at 32 Victoria Street SW, London) is considered to be the second victim of the Ripper. |
− | :: | + | :: England, the first 6 Football League matches ever were played. |
: '''7th''' | : '''7th''' | ||
:: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #8)''' | :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #8)''' | ||
: '''6th''' | : '''6th''' | ||
− | :: Charles Turner becomes the first | + | :: Charles Turner becomes the first cricket 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). |
: '''5th''' | : '''5th''' | ||
:: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #7)''' | :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #7)''' | ||
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==August, '88== | ==August, '88== | ||
: '''31th''' | : '''31th''' | ||
− | :: | + | :: The newly gathered '''"AVENGERS"''' meet for the first time as they travel westward by rail to the Isle of Wight to investigate the massive trench that has swallowed the Queen's summer house. ROSTER: [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/MARSHAL_AMERICA_1888?wikidb_session=b8b33c5bc98b41cde1c97034215109e6 Marshal America], [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/THE_WASP_1888?wikidb_session=b8b33c5bc98b41cde1c97034215109e6 the Wasp], [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/ARGONAUT_1888?wikidb_session=b8b33c5bc98b41cde1c97034215109e6 Agronaut]. |
− | :: | + | :: London, Wilbur Day (aka. "'''London Tower'''", known petty theif) auxiliary mechanical engineer of '''The Society for the Advancement of Intelligentĭa and Mechanisms''' (A.I.M.) is murdered. He is the first of the Ripper's victims. |
[[Image:Osborne House c1910 - Project Gutenberg eText 17296.jpg|thumb|Osbourne House, Isle of Wight]] | [[Image:Osborne House c1910 - Project Gutenberg eText 17296.jpg|thumb|Osbourne House, Isle of Wight]] | ||
:: <font color=green>B'''ROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Friday.2C_August_31.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #5]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''" MENACE to MANKIND! An unknowable Spyder-man haunts the city"'' | :: <font color=green>B'''ROADSHEET'''</font> [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_London_Trumpet_-_Victorian_Broadsheets#Friday.2C_August_31.2C_1888 Daily Trumpet Issue #5]: '''HEADLINE''' - ''" MENACE to MANKIND! An unknowable Spyder-man haunts the city"'' | ||
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:: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #3)''' | :: <font color=red>???</font>, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears at <font color=red>???</font>. '''(Hole #3)''' | ||
: '''25th''' | : '''25th''' | ||
− | :: | + | :: Isle of Wight, England, a 200 meter cylindric hole appears on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight Isle of Wight] off the coast of England. The hole swallows half of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbourne_House Osbourne House] mansion, a favorite summer home of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom Queen Victoria]. The land and sea surrounding the House begins to bubble and boil becoming near volcanic - expanding at a rate of about 2 miles radius every 24 hours!! '''(Hole #2)''' |
: '''23rd''' | : '''23rd''' | ||
[[Image:Tombstone.gif|thumb|Tombstone, AZ]] | [[Image:Tombstone.gif|thumb|Tombstone, AZ]] | ||
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==June, '88== | ==June, '88== | ||
: '''29th''' | : '''29th''' | ||
− | :: Handel's Israel in Egypt is recorded onto wax cylinder at The Crystal Palace, it being the | + | :: Handel's Israel in Egypt is recorded onto wax cylinder at The Crystal Palace, it being the earliest known recording of classical music. |
: '''3rd''' | : '''3rd''' | ||
:: '''''Casey at the Bat''''' published | :: '''''Casey at the Bat''''' published | ||
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==February, '88== | ==February, '88== | ||
: '''27th''' | : '''27th''' | ||
− | :: | + | :: In West Orange, New Jersey, Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for '''sound film'''. |
==January, '88== | ==January, '88== | ||
: '''27th''' | : '''27th''' | ||
− | :: | + | :: In Washington, DC, the '''National Geographic Society''' is founded. |
: '''12th''' | : '''12th''' | ||
− | : | + | :: '''Blizzards''' (''Schoolhouse Blizzard'') hit Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, with 235 dead, many of whom were children on their way home from school. |
: '''3rd''' | : '''3rd''' | ||
:: The '''91-centimeter telescope''' is first used at Lick Observatory. | :: The '''91-centimeter telescope''' is first used at Lick Observatory. | ||
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==1888== | ==1888== | ||
− | :: | + | :: Unsolved London murders of East End women by "Jack the Ripper." |
:: George Eastman sells the first '''roll-film camera, the Kodak''' | :: George Eastman sells the first '''roll-film camera, the Kodak''' | ||
− | :: Founding of | + | :: Founding of The Star (absorbed by The Evening News in 1960). |
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==1886== | ==1886== | ||
− | : | + | :: '''Statue of Liberty''' dedicated in New York harbor |
==1884== | ==1884== | ||
− | :: Lewis E. Waterman develops the | + | :: Lewis E. Waterman develops the “fountain pen” |
==1883== | ==1883== | ||
− | : | + | :: '''Brooklyn Bridge''' opens in New York City |
==1882== | ==1882== | ||
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==1879== | ==1879== | ||
:: Thomas Edison develops the '''incandescent light bulb''' | :: Thomas Edison develops the '''incandescent light bulb''' | ||
− | :: | + | :: '''Woolworth''' opens first five-and-ten store in Utica, NY |
==1877== | ==1877== | ||
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:: Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia celebrates American independence | :: Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia celebrates American independence | ||
:: Alexander Graham Bell invents the '''telephone''' | :: Alexander Graham Bell invents the '''telephone''' | ||
− | :: '''''Little Big Horn, MT | + | :: General '''Custer’s Last Stand''' at Little Big Horn, MT |
− | :: | + | :: Baseball’s National League founded |
==1872== | ==1872== | ||
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==1871== | ==1871== | ||
− | : | + | :: '''The Great Chicago Fire''' |
==1869== | ==1869== | ||
− | : | + | :: Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads meet at Promontory Point in Utah; first transcontinental railroad |
==1868== | ==1868== | ||
− | :: | + | :: President Andrew Johnson impeached by House; acquitted by Senate |
==1867== | ==1867== | ||
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==1865== | ==1865== | ||
:: '''President Lincoln''' assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater; Andrew Johnson becomes President | :: '''President Lincoln''' assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater; Andrew Johnson becomes President | ||
− | :: 13th Amendment ratified ( | + | :: 13th Amendment ratified (Slavery abolished) |
==1862== | ==1862== | ||
− | + | Homestead Act grants free family farms to settlers | |
==1861-65== | ==1861-65== | ||
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=THE FUTURE!!= | =THE FUTURE!!= | ||
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:: December 23 - During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh infamously cuts off the lower part of his own left ear and gives it to a prostitute. | :: December 23 - During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh infamously cuts off the lower part of his own left ear and gives it to a prostitute. | ||
:: November 9 - In London, England, the dead body of Mary Jane Kelly is found. She is considered to be the fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims. A number of similar murders in England follow, but the police attribute them to copy-cat killers. | :: November 9 - In London, England, the dead body of Mary Jane Kelly is found. She is considered to be the fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims. A number of similar murders in England follow, but the police attribute them to copy-cat killers. |