What Happened In May 1880 In History

Historical Events for May, 1880

• 11th » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
• 13th » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1880

• 2nd » Bill Horr, American athlete (d. 1955)
• 6th » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter (d. 1959)
• 6th » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)
• 6th » William Joseph Simmons, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1945)
• 12th » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
• 14th » Wilhelm List, German general (d. 1971)
• 19th » Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (d. 1964)
• 21st » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1967)
• 25th » Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
• 26th » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)
• 29th » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (d. 1936)

Famous Deaths for May 1880

• 2nd » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 2nd » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 4th » Edward Clark (governor) named Edward Clark, American politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 8th » Gustave Flaubert, French author (b. 1821)
• 20th » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse (b. 1814)

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