Today in History for Oct. 5, 2014

Oct. 5, 1540 – The DeSoto Expedition departed the ancient Indian town of Talisi in Dallas County, Ala. and visited the ancient Indian village of Casiste, which was probably located on the site of Cahaba, Alabama’s first state capital, in Dallas County.

Oct. 5, 1852 – A county election was held in Coffee County, Ala. in which Elba was selected as the county seat, getting 58 more votes than Indigo Head (Clintonville).

Oct. 5, 1861 – Joseph Ganes Sanders, the “Turncoat of Dale County,” had his 12-month enlistment confirmed and was assigned to the 31st Georgia Infantry.

Oct. 5, 1864 – After losing the city of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood attacked Union General William T. Sherman's supply line at Allatoona Pass, Ga. Hood's men could not take the Union stronghold, and they were forced to retreat into Alabama.

Oct. 5, 1878 – John Wesley Hardin, who lived in Pollard, Ala. for about 18 months, was sent to prison in Huntsville, Texas. He would be released in 1894.

Oct. 5, 1888 – Jim Burrow, the brother of outlaw train robber Rube Burrow, died of typhoid in a prison in Little Rock, Ark. and was buried on the prison grounds.

Oct. 5, 1921 - The World Series was broadcast for the first time on the radio. The game was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.

Oct. 5, 1923 – The Troy State Normal School (present-day Troy University) beat Greenville High School, 13-6, in a football game played in Greenville, Ala.

Oct. 5, 1925 – Conecuh County, Ala. public schools officially opened for the 1925-26 school year.

Oct. 5, 1949 - American baseball writer and historian George William “Bill” James was born in Holton, Kansas, in 1949.

Oct. 5, 1952 - Horror writer Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

Oct. 5, 1953 - The New York Yankees won their fifth straight World Series by defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Oct. 5, 1956 - The movie “The Ten Commandments,” partly based on the book “The Pillar of Fire” by Alabama author J. H. Ingraham, was released.

Oct. 5, 1961 – The motion picture version of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which starred Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard and was based on Truman Capote’s novella, was first released in theaters.

Oct. 5, 1972 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Navy Petty Officer Third Class Larry L. Andrews of Evergreen, had left his homeport in Alameda, Calif. for a Western Pacific deployment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise.

Oct. 5, 1985 – Clyde Mavin Williams, 48, of Pensacola, a native of Monroe County, drowned around 11 a.m. when the boat he was fishing from overturned on the Alabama River between Mount Pleasant Landing and Dixie Landing. Monroe County Rescue Squad members recovered his body around 9 a.m. on Oct. 7.

Oct. 5, 1985 – Former Frisco City mayor Thomas Jefferson “Jeffie” Jones passed away at the age of 85 at Mobile Infirmary. He served four terms as a Frisco City town councilman between 1944 and 1972 and was Frisco’s mayor from 1972 to 1976. He was re-elected mayor in 1980, but resigned in 1981 due to poor health. A graduate of Jones Mill High School, he worked for the Frisco Railroad for 45 years and retired as a freight agent. He was a member of the Frisco City Masonic Lodge.

Oct. 5, 2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants surpassed Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record when he hit his 71st and 72nd home runs in a single season.

Oct. 5, 2003 - The Chicago Cubs won their first postseason series since the 1908 World Series.

Oct. 5, 2003 - Dante Hall of the Kansas City Chiefs scored on a return in an NFL-record fourth straight game. He scored his fourth touchdown on a return in only 5 games.