Leslie Brown

EDUS 515

September 30, 2009

What Year Was It?

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Now Playing: Strauss – “Don Juan”

The ballpoint

pen is invented

Nikola Tesla patents the

induction motor

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

discovers radio waves

George Eastman registers the

trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which

uses roll film.

Louis Le Prince films the first motion

picture: “Roundhay Garden Scene” in

Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Vincent van Gogh paints “Sunflowers”

and cuts off his left ear

Theophilus Van Kannel of

Philadelphia patents revolving

door

Popular Songs

The Yeomen of the Guard opera by

Gilbert and Sullivan premieres in London

and New York

Wax phonograph cylinders are

mass marketed

Now Playing: Gilbert & Sullivan – “The Yeoman of the Guard”

Symphonies That

Premiered

The “Great Blizzard of ‘__” hits the

eastern seaboard of the US, shutting

down commerce and killing 400

The National Geographic Society is founded in

Washington, DC

National League v. American Association – New York Giants (NL)

defeats Saint Louis Cardinals (AA) 6 games

to 4

Tackling below the waist is legalized in

football

Jack the Ripper terrorizes the East End of

London

The poem “Casey at the

Bat” is published

Now Playing: Edward Grieg – “In the Hall of the Mountain King”

Incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the

popular vote, but loses the Electoral College

vote to Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election.

The Washington Monument

officially opens to the general

public

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1888