at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. September 9 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is signed. September 21 – American physicist William Stanley Jr. patents the first practical alternating current transformer device, the induction coil. October–December October 7 – Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba. October 24 – The British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, triggering the Normanton incident. October 28 – In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France. The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first ticker tape parade. November – The extremely harsh winter of 1886–87 in the United States begins, killing tens of thousands of cattle on the Great Plains of North America. November 1 – The biggest Buddhist boys' school in Sri Lanka, Ananda College, is founded in Colombo. November 3 – In the British Raj, what will become one of the biggest boys' schools in Pakistan, Aitchison College, Lahore, is founded under the auspices of Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison. November 11 – Heinrich Hertz verifies the existence of electromagnetic waves, at the University of Karlsruhe. November 14 – German inventor Friedrich Soennecken first develops the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper. November 15 – A worldwide home appliance and power tool brand, Robert Bosch GmbH, was founded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. November 30 – The Folies Bergère stages its first revue in Paris. December 11 – London Association football club Arsenal, founded as Dial Square by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, play their first match (on the Isle of Dogs). The club is renamed Royal Arsenal soon afterwards, supposedly on December 25. December 17 – English adventurer Thomas Stevens concludes the first circumnavigation by bicycle in Yokohama, having set out on his penny-farthing from San Francisco in 1884. Date unknown Addis Ababa is founded in the Ethiopian Empire. The village of Skorenovac is founded, mostly by Székely Hungarians. Scotch whisky distiller William Grant & Sons is founded. Yorkshire Tea is established in Harrogate, England. Johnson & Johnson, which becomes a multinational brand, begins manufacturing healthcare products in New Jersey, United States. Emily Ruete publishes her landmark memoir, Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Autobiography. Bedford Rugby Club is formed in England. Avon Products, a worldwide cosmetics and household brand is founded in New York