WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1881
Find out what all happened July to August 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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