WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1884
Find out what all happened August to November 1884

Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude. (13. October 1884)

The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. (1. November 1884)

The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor. (5. August 1884)

The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island. (6. October 1884)

The American inventor, George Eastman, receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film. (14. October 1884)

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