Today in History for June 1880

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

1st - 1st pay telephone installed
1st - US census at 50,155,783
7th - War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
10th - Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
12th - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0
14th - 14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47
16th - Salvation Army forms in London
17th - John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
24th - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
28th - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan.
29th - France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

6th - William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state
10th - Margit Kaffka, writer
11th - Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (Rep-Montana)
15th - Mahlon Hamilton, VA, actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi)
17th - Carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
17th - Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln)
17th - Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)
19th - Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung)
21st - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
21st - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (d. 1941)
26th - Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952)
27th - Helen Keller, Ala, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many
29th - Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff ("July 20th plot")

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

4th - Eugen Adam, painter, dies
5th - Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
16th - James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
18th - John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
28th - Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (b. 1846)
29th - George W Vreede, lawyer/politician, dies