WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1880
Find out what all happened January to May 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high winds and heavy snow. (9. January 1880)

An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. (18. April 1880)

Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal. (1. January 1880)

In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. (13. May 1880)

Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect. (13. February 1880)

Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California (11. May 1880)

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