Today in History for January 1880
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 6 of 6
1st - Building of Panama Canal, begins
6th - Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
9th - 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
9th - The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
21st - 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis
27th - Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 21 of 21
1st - Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)
1st - Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)
2nd - Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer
5th - Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer
6th - Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)
6th - Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer
6th - Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)
10th - Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)
10th - French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
10th - Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
10th - Manuel Azaña y Diaz, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
11th - Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
17th - Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops)
18th - Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)
20th - Walter W. Bacon, American politician (d. 1962)
24th - Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
25th - Francis George Scott, composer
26th - Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return!
28th - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I)
28th - Mary Boland, Phila, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)
29th - W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
4th - Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
8th - [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60
27th - Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)
