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Nov. 21, 1694 – Prominent freemason and writer F.M. Arouet (Voltaire)
was born in Paris, France.
Nov. 21, 1818 – The site of the first state capital at
Cahaba was approved with Huntsville to serve as a temporary capital while the
new site was being developed.
Nov. 21, 1818 - Autauga County was created by an Act of the
Alabama territorial legislature, almost one year before Alabama became a state.
The county was named for the Autauga Indians, members of the larger Creek
Confederacy, who once lived in the area. Autauga
County's proximity to the cotton-growing Black Belt made it a manufacturing
giant during the 19th century.
Nov. 21, 1861 –
Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Judah Benjamin secretary of
war.
Nov. 21, 1902 – The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated
the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever
professional football night game.
Nov. 21, 1919 – The USS Herbert, which was named after
Greenville, Ala. attorney and former Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert, was
officially commissioned with Lt. Commander E.A. Logan in command.
Nov. 21, 1920 – Hall of Fame first baseman and outfielder
Stan Musial was born in Donora, Pa. He would go on to play his entire
professional career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Nov. 21, 1931 - The University of Southern California
surprised Notre Dame with a last-minute game-winning field goal at the new
Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend. The victory won USC the national championship
and snapped Notre Dame’s 26-game winning streak.
Nov. 21, 1934 - The New York Yankees purchased the contract
of Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League.
Nov. 21, 1947 – Evergreen High School closed out the 1947
season with a 6-1-2 record by battling to a 0-0 homecoming tie with T.R. Miller
High School at Brooks Stadium in Evergreen.
Nov. 21, 1953 - The British Natural History Museum announced
that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the
most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, was a hoax.
Nov. 21, 1959 - Major league baseball lifted the ban on
inter-league trades.
Nov. 21, 1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his wife,
Jacqueline, arrived in San Antonio, Texas. They were beginning an ill-fated,
two-day tour of Texas that would end in Dallas.
Nov. 21, 1966 – Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman was
born in West Covina, Calif. He would go on to play his entire pro career for
the Dallas Cowboys.
Nov. 21, 1968 – Deaf-mute five-year-old Samuel Moore of
Repton was killed in a car accident when he ran in front of a 1967 Datsun
driven by Ronald W. Howington of Range around 5:30 p.m. in Repton.
Nov. 21, 1969 – Major League Baseball center fielder Ken
Griffey Jr. was born in Donora, Pa. He would go on to play for the Seattle
Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox.
Nov. 21, 1977 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears ran for
an NFL record 275 yards against the Minnesota Vikings.
Nov. 21, 1982 - The National Football League resumed its
season following a 57-day player's strike.
Nov. 21, 1983 – The Evergreen City Council appointed James
Powell as the city’s permanent police chief. He’d been serving as acting chief
for a number of months prior to this date.
Nov. 21, 2007 - With Aruban investigators citing what was
described as newly discovered evidence, Joran van der Sloot and Satish and
Deepak Kalpoe were rearrested on suspicion of involvement in "manslaughter
and causing serious bodily harm that resulted in the death of (Alabama’s
Natalee) Holloway."
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