Historical Events In 1880
May 11 The birth of Irving Berlin, American composer
May 10 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
Jan 09 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
Jan 27 Thomas A. Edison receives a U.S. patent for the electric incandescent light bulb.
Jan 26 The birth of Douglas MacArthur, American wartime general
Jan 17 The birth of Mack Sennett, American director
Jan 31 An Ice Railway is opened between Longueuil and Montreal by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway. A railway track was placed on large timbers laid on the ice of the St. Lawrence River. During the summer months the QMO&O used a car ferry. An ice railway was laid each winter until 1883.
Jan 31 An Ice Railway is opened between Longueuil and Montreal by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway. A railway track was placed on large timbers laid on the ice of the St. Lawrence River. During the summer months the QMO&O used a car ferry. An ice railway was laid each winter until 1883.
Jan 06 Record snow cover in Seattle-120cm
Jan 01 Building of Panama Canal, begins
Jan 27 Thomas A. Edison receives a U.S. patent for the electric incandescent light bulb.
Jan 06 Record snow cover in Seattle-120cm
Jan 21 The first US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN
Jan 21 Jeffree & Pendray install Victoria's*(British Columbia) first business telephones; W. J. Jeffree's Clothing store, W. I. Pendray's Soap Factory
Jan 01 Building of Panama Canal, begins
Feb 29 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens
Feb 02 SS Strathleven arrives in London with first Australian frozen mutton
Feb 16 American Society of Mechanical Engineers founded, New York NY
Feb 17 The Russian tsar survives an attempted bomb assassination
Apr 07 V Knorre discovers asteroid #215 Oenone
Apr 10 J Palisa discovers asteroid #216 Kleopatra
Apr 24 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
Nov 12 Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50
Nov 24 Southern University established
Nov 02 James A Garfield (R) elected President
Sep 09 President Hayes visits SF
Sep 07 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
Sep 30 Henry Draper takes that first photograph of the Orion Nebula
Jun 27 The birth of Helen Keller, American author
Dec 06 The Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication
Dec 20 New York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
Aug 14 Australia's first soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its first match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW.
Aug 14 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed
Oct 27 Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday
Oct 01 John Phillip Sousa becomes leader of Marine Corps Band
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