Births on April 16

Billy Minter

Born on April 16, 1888

Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (d. 1940)

William James Minter (16 April 1888 in Woolwich – 21 May 1940), was a player, trainer, manager and assistant secretary at Tottenham Hotspur. He scored 101 goals for Tottenham, and was for a time the top scorer for the club. He also managed the club for three years, and after he resigned as manager he stayed at the club until his death in 1940.

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Events on 1888

16 May

Electric power transmission
Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
31 Aug

Jack the Ripper
Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
4 Sep

Kodak
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
8 Sep

Annie Chapman
In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
30 Sep

Elizabeth Stride
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Births on April 16

Billy Minter

Born on April 16, 1888

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Events on 1888

Electric power transmission

Jack the Ripper

Kodak

Annie Chapman

Elizabeth Stride