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1888
January 3 - Waxed paper drinking straws are patented.
January 27 - The National Geographic Society is founded.
March 12 - A blizzard hits the Northeast U.S. and is responsible for great loss of life and widespread destruction.
June 23 - The first African American to be nominated as a presidential candidate is Frederick Douglass.
September 4 - Roll film for cameras is patented by George Eastman in Rochester, New York.
October 17 - Capitol Savings Bank is the first privately-operated bank for African Americans.
October 30 - The ball point pen is patented by John Loud of Weymouth, Massachusetts.