WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1880
Find out what all happened May to June 1880

First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. (24. June 1880)

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

France annexes Tahiti. (29. June 1880)

The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan. (28. June 1880)

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

War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign). (7. June 1880)

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