1880 Calendar
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1880 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1880
– Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
April 18, 1880
– An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
May 11, 1880
– Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
May 13, 1880
– In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
June 24, 1880
– First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
June 28, 1880
– The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
June 29, 1880
– France annexes Tahiti.
October 1, 1880
– First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
November 11, 1880
– Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Who Were Born On 1880?
January 20, 1880
– Walter W. Bacon, American politician and 60th Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)
January 28, 1880
– Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
June 16, 1880
– Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-born American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
July 21, 1880
– Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician and astronomer (d. 1919)
August 5, 1880
– Gertrude Rush, African-American lawyer (d. 1962)
August 23, 1880
– Alexander Grin, Russian writer (d. 1932)
September 12, 1880
– H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
October 23, 1880
– Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
November 1, 1880
– Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
December 24, 1880
– Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children’s book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)