Historical Events for June 1880

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1st - 1st pay telephone installed
1st - US census at 50,155,783
7th - War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
10th - Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
12th - 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
12th - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0
14th - 14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47
16th - Salvation Army forms in Londo
17th - John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
24th - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
28th - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan.
29th - France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)


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