WHAT HAPPENED IN 1881.
Look what happened the 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)

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

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

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

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

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

A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. (19. November 1881)

The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. (4. December 1881)