4th » George Eastman registers the trademark 'Kodak' and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
6th » Charles Turner (cricketer) called Charles Turner becomes the first bowler (cricket) known as bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season. This feat has since been accomplished by Tom Richardson (twice), J. T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich F
8th » In England the first six Football League matches are played.
22nd » The first issue of 'National Geographic Magazine' is published.
30th » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1888
1st » Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and scholar (d. 1958)
5th » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (d. 1975)
6th » Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969)
10th » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976)
12th » Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)
15th » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
16th » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
18th » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
18th » Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
19th » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)