31 August 1888 August 30, 2011 Author: Staff The first of Jack the Ripper, Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day." Ernest Hemingway — Click here for more from Ernest Hemingway No related posts. Categories: History Tags: 1888, 31 August