Today in History for March 1880
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 7 of 7
1st - Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery
4th - NY Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S H Horgan
10th - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
10th - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
23rd - Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc)
24th - Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT
31st - 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 21 of 21
1st - Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis
1st - Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923)
3rd - Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic
3rd - Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
4th - Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
10th - Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter
11th - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenecist (d. 1943)
12th - House Peters, England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory)
12th - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (d. 1958)
12th - Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (d. 1952)
14th - Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actor/director (Pink Kate)
17th - Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer
17th - Sir Patrick Hastings, British barrister (d. 1952)
17th - Lawrence Oates, English army officer and Antarctic explorer (d. 1912)
21st - Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real)
21st - Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
21st - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
22nd - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
23rd - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
26th - Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens)
30th - Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
2nd - Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
15th - Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51
23rd - Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
25th - Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61
25th - Ludmilla Assing, writer, dies
26th - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62
28th - Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67
29th - Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62
31st - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44
