Sunday, August 24, 2014

Today in History for Aug. 24, 2014

Baseball great Virgil Trucks.
Aug. 24, 1798 – Asa Johnston, who arrived in Conecuh County 1818 as one of its original pioneers, was born in Bibb County, Ga.

Aug. 24, 1813 – General Ferdinand Claiborne led about 80 men to reinforce Fort Easley at Wood’s Bluff on the Tombigbee River in present-day Clarke County, writing that if the Creeks attacked there he would “give a good account of them.”

Aug. 24, 1825 – Jessee C. Farrar was commissioned as Monroe County’s Sheriff.

Aug. 24, 1828 - Confederate General George Hume "Maryland" Steuart was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Aug. 24, 1862 – During the Civil War, the CSS Alabama was officially commissioned off the island of Terceira, Azores, to begin a two-year career of plundering US merchant vessels.

Aug. 24, 1863 – During the Civil War, a skirmish occurred at Gunter’s Landing, near Port Deposit, Alabama.

Aug. 24, 1911 – Monroeville was awarded the County High School by unanimous vote of the state high school commission.


Aug. 24, 1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S. non-stop. The trip from Los Angeles, Calif. to Newark, N.J., took about 19 hours.

Aug. 24, 1938 - Virgil Trucks struck out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball, for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game.

Aug. 24, 1960 – Baseball hall of famer Cal Ripken, Jr. was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Aug. 24, 1975 - Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league baseball record when he stole his 38th consecutive base.

Aug. 24, 1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball.

Aug. 24, 1998 – Country comedian Jerry Clower passed away at the age of 71 following heart bypass surgery in Jackson, Miss.

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