Today in History for April 1880
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Months in 1880: January February March May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 2 of 2
18th - An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
24th - Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 8 of 8
1st - Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
8th - Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY)
10th - Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor), (d. 1965)
10th - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
10th - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
13th - Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner (d. 1955)
18th - Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)
26th - Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
7th - Diederich Krug, composer, dies at 58
13th - Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist (b. 1813)
23rd - Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies
