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==Events==
==Events==
* [[March 14]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of the ''[[Birmingham Evening News]]''.
* [[April 9]]: [[Ensley Furnace No. 4]] was blown in.
* [[May 15]]: [[Thomas Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[June 5]]: [[Ensley Furnace No. 3]] was blown in.
* June: [[Bessemer Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* Summer: [[Giuseppe Moretti]] first moved to the United States, arriving in New York.
* Summer: [[Giuseppe Moretti]] first moved to the United States, arriving in New York.
* [[September 1]]: [[Joseph Smith]] succeeded [[Samuel Truss]] as Jefferson County sheriff.
* [[September 1]]: [[Joseph Smith]] succeeded [[Samuel Truss]] as Jefferson County sheriff.
* October: [[Sloss Furnace No. 3]] was blown in.
* October: [[Sloss Furnace No. 3]] was blown in.
* [[October 31]]: [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]] was organized
* [[October 31]]: [[South Highland Presbyterian Church]] was organized
* November: President Grover Cleveland visited Birmingham.
* November: [[List of Presidential visits|President Grover Cleveland]] visited Birmingham.
* [[November 8]]: The ''[[Daily Birmingham Age]]'' and ''[[Daily Herald]]'' merged to form the ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]''.
* [[December 1]]: [[Ensley Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.
* [[December 4]]: The body of [[May Hawes]] was found floating in [[East Lake]] by two boaters.
* [[December 4]]: The body of [[May Hawes]] was found floating in [[East Lake]] by two boaters.
* [[B. A. Thompson]] succeeded Judge [[A. O. Lane]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* [[B. A. Thompson]] succeeded Judge [[A. O. Lane]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* [[Benjamin Franklin Riley]] accepted the presidency of [[Howard College]].
* [[Benjamin Franklin Riley]] accepted the presidency of [[Howard College]].
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* [[John Hearst Miller]] began his law practice in [[Birmingham]].
* [[John Hearst Miller]] began his law practice in [[Birmingham]].
* [[Mary Pratt DeBardeleben Percy|Mary Pratt DeBardeleben]] married attorney [[John Walker Percy|Walker Percy]].
* [[Mary Pratt DeBardeleben Percy|Mary Pratt DeBardeleben]] married attorney [[John Walker Percy|Walker Percy]].
=== Business ===
* [[March 14]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of the ''[[Birmingham Evening News]]''.
* [[April 9]]: [[Ensley Furnace No. 4]] was blown in.
* [[May 15]]: [[Thomas Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[June 5]]: [[Ensley Furnace No. 3]] was blown in.
* June: [[Bessemer Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[November 8]]: The ''[[Daily Birmingham Age]]'' and ''[[Daily Herald]]'' merged to form the ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]''.
* [[December 1]]: [[Ensley Furnace No. 2]] was blown in.


==Buildings==
==Buildings==

Revision as of 00:41, 5 February 2010

1888 was the 17th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

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1888 was a leap year. It was the year of the invention of the ball-point pen and typewriter ribbon and the founding of the National Geographic Society. Jack the Ripper terrorized London. A March blizzard was blamed for more than 400 deaths on the Atlantic seaboard. The Washington Monument opened in October and Benjamin Harrison took the electoral college to defeat popular vote leader Grover Cleveland in the presidential election.

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