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James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, 79 days later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president.
- July 2, 1881, 142 years ago, 9:30 am (Local mean time)
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Oct 16, 2023 · The winter of 1880-1881 began early with a historic blizzard occurring between Oct. 15 - 18, 1880. Blizzards in October are rare anywhere in the Midwest but are nearly unheard of east of the Rocky Mountains. This blizzard brought wind gusts over 40 mph, several inches of snow, and dropped temperatures very low.
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I am not sure whether this was the winter of 1879/1880 or 1880/1881, but I almost positive it was 1879/1880 as my grandfather had come the first year alone and then brought the family out in 1880. My mother was born on this homestead in a log house June 11, 1881, the original deed was issued in 1879 and has been in possession of some of the ...
On 13 March [ O.S. 1 March] 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, was assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia while returning to the Winter Palace from Mikhailovsky Manège in a closed carriage. The assassination was planned by the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will"), chiefly by Andrei Zhelyabov.
- March 13, 1881; 142 years ago
- Members of Narodnaya Volya
Béla Bartók. Béla Bartók in 1927. Béla Viktor János Bartók ( / ˈbeɪlə ˈbɑːrtɒk /; Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒrtoːk]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's ...
A little known yet largely successful job action waged in 1881 by black women in Atlanta is credited with helping to set the stage for a century of labor and civil rights struggles. Within a decade after the Civil War, thousands of newly emancipated black workers were drawn to Atlanta by the prospect of jobs and freedom in what was becoming the ...
Jun 19, 2020 · Abstract The story of the winter of 1880/81 in the central United States has been retold in historical fiction, including Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter, as well as in local histories and folklore. What story does the meteorological data tell, and how does it measure up when compared to the fiction and folklore? What were the contributing factors to the severity of the Long Winter ...
