Hernando de Soto |
July 16, 1540 – The DeSoto Expedition arrived at the ancient
Indian town of Coosa (Cosa, Coca), located on the east bank of Talladega Creek, about 1-1/2 miles northeast of Childersburg in Talladega County. They departed on
Aug. 20, 1540.
July 16, 1790 - Congress declared Washington, D.C. the nation's new
capital.
July 16, 1849 – Benjamin Franklin Riley, author of “History
of Conecuh County, Alabama,” was born at Pineville in Monroe County.
July 16, 1863 - During the Civil War, draft riots entered their fourth day in New
York City in response to the Enrollment Act, which was enacted on March 3,
1863.
July 16, 1889 – Rube Burrow shot and killed Jewel, Ala.
postmaster Moses J. Graves, 41, during a dispute over a package from a Chicago
firm that made false beards and wigs. This incident launched Burrow into the
national limelight as it was reported in The New York Sun, The New York Tribune
and The Boston Daily Globe.
July 16, 1918 – Army Pvt. Bryant W. Price of McKenzie and
Army soldier Joshua Lowe of Repton died from wounds during World War I.
July 16, 1918 - In Yekaterinburg, Russia, Czar Nicholas II
and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks, bringing an end to the
three-century-old Romanov dynasty.
July 16, 1945 - At 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes
to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
July 16, 1948 – Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher
announced that he would be joining the New York Giants, the Dodgers’ archrival.
July 16, 1950 – Army PFC James C. Stanford of Wilcox County
was killed in action in Korea.
July 16, 1950 – The Paul Aces baseball team picked up their
eighth win in a row by beating the Flat Rock Rockets, 8-3, behind the pitching
of Bertie Hassel and Harold Godwin.
July 16, 1951 - J.D. Salinger's only novel, “The Catcher
in the Rye,” is published by Little, Brown.
July 16, 1984 - U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton of Mobile spoke
at the Conecuh County Courthouse.
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