What Happened In October 1881 In History

Historical Events for October, 1881

• 13th » Revival of the Hebrew language First Aliyah called First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
• 26th » The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1881

• 1st » William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing known as Boeing Company (d. 1956)
• 4th » Henry Potter (golfer) called Henry Potter, American golfer (d. 1955)
• 4th » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (d. 1948)
• 5th » Robert Stangland, American jumper (d. 1953)
• 7th » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
• 11th » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
• 15th » P. G. Wodehouse, English-American author and playwright (d. 1975)
• 16th » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955)
• 22nd » Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 22nd » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist (d. 1908)
• 25th » Julius Frey, German swimmer (d. 1960)
• 25th » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
• 26th » Louis Bastien (cyclist) e.g Louis Bastien, French cyclist (d. 1963)
• 28th » Vin Coutie, Australian footballer
• 28th » Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter (d. 1969)
• 29th » John DeWitt (athlete) or John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
• 30th » Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)

Famous Deaths for October 1881

• 3rd » Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)

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