Today in History for Aug. 19, 2014

John Wesley Hardin

Aug. 19, 1692 - Five people, including a clergyman, were executed after being convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials.

Aug. 19, 1819 – Sparta attorney John E. Graham was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Alabama.

Aug. 19, 1864 – During the Civil War, another skirmish occurred near Antioch Church, Ala.

Aug. 19, 1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant's attack at Deep Bottom Run, which began five days earlier, failed.

Aug. 19, 1880 – R.F. Wallace was commissioned as Monroe County’s Circuit Court Clerk.

Aug. 19, 1895 – Outlaw gunfighter John Wesley Hardin, who lived for about 18 months in Pollard, Ala., was shot to death by off-duty policeman John Selman Sr. in the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Texas.

Aug. 19, 1896 - Army Pvt. Andrew E. Snow of Uriah, who died on Jan. 11, 1919 from disease during World War I at Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., was born.

Aug. 19, 1905 – Capt. C.W. Locklin passed away at his residence at Perdue Hill. He was a prominent warehouse clerk, steamboat captain, planter and trade company president.

Aug. 19, 1909 - The Philadelphia Phillies were rained out a major-league record 10th consecutive day.

Aug. 19, 1914 – Capt. J.C. Cheney and Montgomery Advertiser cartoonist Frank M. Spangler were guests of  C.P. Deming and John Cunningham at the Country Club in Evergreen.

Aug. 19, 1914 – Bertha Johnson of Conecuh County accepted a position as telegraph operator with the L&N Railroad and was believed to be the youngest female telegraph operator on the railroad at the time.

Aug. 19, 1917 - Team managers John McGraw and Christy Matthewson were arrested for breaking New York City's blue laws. The crime was their teams were playing baseball on Sunday.

Aug. 19, 1921 - Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers recorded his 3,000 career hit.

Aug. 19, 1941 - Alabama author James Agee's and Walker Evans' book “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” was published.

Aug. 19, 1951 - The St. Louis Browns sent a midget to the plate in the bottom half of the first inning against the Detroit Tigers. Eddie Gaedel, wearing the number 1/8 and standing only three feet, seven inches tall, walked on four consecutive pitches and was then replaced by a pinch-runner.

Aug. 19, 1957 - The New York Giants Board of Directors voted to move the team to San Francisco in 1958.

Aug. 19, 1995 - Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox got his 40th save of season and became the eighth and fastest to record 40 saves in a season.

Aug. 19, 1996 - Paul Molitor of the Minnesota Twins tied Lou Gherig by hitting his 534th career double.

Aug. 19, 2002 - John Madden debuted on "Monday Night Football."

Aug. 19, 2004 - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009.