What Happened In September 1880 - Historical Events 1880 September

Historical Events for September, 1880

1st » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War

3rd » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1965)
10th » Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966)
12th » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
13th » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky (d. 1958)
13th » Marcel Van Crombrugge, Belgian rower (d. 1940)
14th » Benjamin (Fedchenkov) called Benjamin, Russian missionary and bishop (d. 1961)
14th » Archie Hahn, American sprinter (d. 1955)
15th » Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (d. 1940)
16th » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
20th » Louise Peete, American murderer (d. 1947)
23rd » John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
24th » Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian (d. 1999)

21st » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)