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Joseph B. Keenan
1888Jan, 11

Joseph B. Keenan

Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
Joseph Berry Keenan (11 January 1888, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island – 8 December 1954, in Asheboro, North Carolina) was a United States political figure. He served in the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, and was the chief prosecutor in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

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  • 16May

    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.
  • 31Aug

    Jack the Ripper

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

    Kodak

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

    Annie Chapman

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

    Elizabeth Stride

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