1880

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1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.

Births

• January 29 – W.C. Fields, American comedian

Events

• February 2 – The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.
• Volapük created.

Deaths

• Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (b. 1854)

1880 Media

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  July 27: Battle of Maiwand

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  September 1: Battle of Kandahar (1880)

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  Photograph of King Vajiravudh of Thailand wearing the uniform of a General in the British Army, with many medals and insignia on jacket.

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  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 August 1945.

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  Franz Marc, 1910

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  Kuniaki Koiso (1880–1950)

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  • For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
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  Helen Keller sitting, holding a magnolia flower, circa 1920. Image from the Los Angeles Times.

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