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1881 Historical Event(s)
January 25, 1881
– Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
March 12, 1881
– Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world’s first black international football player and captain.
March 26, 1881
– Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
April 11, 1881
– Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
April 14, 1881
– The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
April 18, 1881
– Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
May 12, 1881
– In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
September 19, 1881
– U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
October 26, 1881
– The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
November 29, 1881
– Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
Who Were Born On 1881?
January 9, 1881
– Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)
January 10, 1881
– Leslie Rainey, Australian sportsman (d. 1962)
March 4, 1881
– Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1924)
July 18, 1881
– Larry McLean, baseball player (d. 1921)
July 27, 1881
– Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
August 6, 1881
– Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
September 8, 1881
– Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
October 25, 1881
– Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
November 25, 1881
– Jacob Fichman, Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist (d. 1958)
December 20, 1881
– Branch Rickey, baseball executive (d. 1965)