What Happened In May 1888 - Historical Events 1888 May

Historical Events for May, 1888

13th » With the passage of the 'Lei Áurea' ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
16th » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to electric power transmission or transmit electric power over long distances.

3rd » Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
9th » Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
10th » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)
11th » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American composer (d. 1989)
11th » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945)
16th » Royal Rife, American scientist (d. 1971)
17th » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965)
23rd » Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
25th » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1969)
27th » Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
28th » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
28th » Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English educator (d. 1947)
28th » Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player and coach (d. 1953)