Monday, November 10, 2014

Today in History for Nov. 10, 2014

Josiah Gorgas
Nov. 10, 1864 – Confederate officer and future University of Alabama president Josiah Gorgas was promoted to brigadier general.

Nov. 10, 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison (Camp Sumter), was executed by hanging for the brutality and the mistreatment committed under his command. He was one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

Nov. 10, 1871 - Explorer Henry Stanley found the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone in central Africa, and issued his famous greeting: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Nov. 10, 1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "Win one for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.

Nov. 10, 1940 - The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles played a penalty free NFL game.

Nov. 10, 1953 – The Virginia Cavalier Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a historical marker at Fort Morgan in memory of Welsh explorer Prince Madoc, who supposedly landed in Mobile Bay in 1170.


Nov. 10, 1957 - 102,368 people attended the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams game. The crowd was the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.

Nov. 10, 1960 – Writer Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England.

Nov. 10, 1963 - Don Meredith of the Dallas Cowboys passed for 460 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Nov. 10, 1964 - The Atlanta Braves signed a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium.

Nov. 10, 1972 - Southern Airways Flight 49 was hijacked on a flight from Birmingham to Montgomery. Three armed men wanted by Detroit police demanded a $10 million ransom while diverting the plane from one airport to another in the United States, Canada, and Cuba, where the ordeal ended thirty hours after it began. At one point, the hijakers threatened to crash the plane into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane landed in Havana, Cuba, where the hijakers were jailed by Fidel Castro. The hijacking resulted in heightened security measures at American airports, including required use of metal detectors.

Nov. 10, 1975 - The 729-foot freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling ship, and its crew of 29 sank and vanished during a storm in Lake Superior.

Nov. 10, 1975 - The Kansas City Royals released Harmon Killebrew. He ended his 22-year career with 573 home runs.

Nov. 10, 1984 - The University of Maryland’s backup quarterback Frank Reich threw six touchdown passes against the University of Miami in the second half of the Orange Bowl. The Terrapins, who had been losing 31-0 at the half, ended up winning the game 42-40.

Nov. 10, 1986 – Three days after the death of Conecuh County Commission Chairman David L. Burt, the commission voted unanimously to appoint his widow, Katie Sue Burt, to fill the rest of his unexpired term in office.

Nov. 10, 1991 - Bernie Kosar ended his NFL record streak of 308 passes without an interception.

Nov. 10, 1996 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 50,000 yards.

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