Today in History for October 1880
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Months in 1880: January February March April May June July August September November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 6 of 6
1st - John Philip Sousa becomes new director of US Marine Corps Band
4th - University of California founded in Los Angeles
15th - Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun
15th - Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
20th - Amsterdam Free University opens
27th - Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 14 of 14
2nd - George Alexander Russell, composer
3rd - Warner Oland, Umea Sweden, actor (Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan)
4th - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls-based on his work)
6th - Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano
7th - Jaime Pahissa, composer
8th - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)
12th - Healey Willan, composer
12th - Louis Hémon, French novelist (d. 1913)
13th - Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (d. 1932)
14th - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Sak och sken)
22nd - Joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)
23rd - Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress (David Copperfield)
26th - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
30th - Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
4th - William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies
5th - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
6th - Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies
14th - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
16th - Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64
