What Happened In October 1880 In History

Historical Events for October, 1880

• 1st » John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
• 1st » First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
• 15th » Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache Tribe called Apache military strategists.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1880

• 3rd » Karl Ruberl, Austrian swimmer (d. 1966)
• 4th » Damon Runyon, American author and playwright (d. 1946)
• 9th » Charlie Faust, American baseball player (d. 1915)
• 12th » Louis Hémon, French author (d. 1913)
• 13th » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (d. 1932)
• 15th » Herman Glass, American gymnast (d. 1961)
• 26th » Andrei Bely, Russian author, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
• 28th » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist (d. 1940)
• 29th » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
• 31st » Julia Peterkin, American author (d. 1961)

Famous Deaths for October 1880

• 5th » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 14th » Victorio, Mexican tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 27th » Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)

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