WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1881
Find out what all happened July to October 1881

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. (4. July 1881)

The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires. (23. July 1881)

Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner. (14. July 1881)

Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield. (20. September 1881)

U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. (19. September 1881)

The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. (1. July 1881)

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona. (26. October 1881)

First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends. (13. October 1881)

General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect. (1. July 1881)

Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19. (2. July 1881)