Today in History for Nov. 9, 2014

October 1931 edition of 'Weird Tales'

Nov. 9, 1813 – During the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814, the Battle of Talladega took place as Andrew Jackson led about 2,000 Tennesseee Volunteers and friendly Indians to victory over about 700 hostile “Red Sticks,” commanded by William Weatherford, in the vicinity of present-day Talladega, Ala. The battle led to the rescue of friendly Creeks besieged in Fort Leslie.

Nov. 9, 1819 – The Rev. George Lassiter Lee was born near Burnt Corn, Ala. He would go on to serve as clerk and moderator of the Bethlehem Association.

Nov. 9, 1819 – William W. Bibb was inaugurated Alabama’s first governor.

Nov. 9, 1861 - The first documented football game in Canada was played at University College in Toronto.

Nov. 9, 1861 - Soldiers of the 11th, 18th and 29th Illinois Regiments camped in Bloomfield, Mo. The used an empty newspaper office to print a newspaper about their activities. They named the paper the “Stars and Stripes.”

Nov. 9, 1862 - General Ambrose Burnside assumed command of the Union Army of the Potomac. General George B. McClellan had been removed from command on November 5. He served until January 25 when General Joseph Hooker took the position.

Nov. 9, 1864 – During the Civil War, skirmishes occurred at Shoal Creek and Florence, Ala.

Nov. 9, 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly was murdered in London, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.

Nov. 9, 1892 – William Calvin Maxwell, 3rd Aero Squadron, was born at Fork, Ala., about 1-1/2 mile west of Natchez. Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery was later named in his honor.

Nov. 9, 1917 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Aubrey E. Moore of Andalusia, Ala. “died from disease.”

Nov. 9, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. John E. Autrey of Thomasville, Ala. was killed in action.

Nov. 9, 1926 – H.P. Lovecraft completed “The Strange High House in the Mist,” which was originally published in the October 1931 edition of Weird Tales magazine.

Nov. 9, 1934 – Scientist and author Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Nov. 9, 1941 – On this night, film exploded within the unoccupied Monroeville Theatre building, and the resulting fire destroyed the building. Damage to the 800-seat theatre was estimated at $50,000, according to Monroeville Fire Chief John Wiggins. Stock in a neighboring hardware store was also damaged.

Nov. 9, 1946 - The second-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the first-ranked Army Cadets play to a historic 0-0 tie at Yankee Stadium in New York. Notre Dame-Army was college football’s biggest rivalry, and more than 74,000 people crowded the stands.

Nov. 9, 1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.

Nov. 9, 1956 – In an incident attributed to the Bermuda Triangle, a U.S. Navy Martin Marlin P5M patrol seaplane vanished while on patrol near Bermuda with a crew of 10.

Nov. 9, 1965 - Willie Mays was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player.

Nov. 9, 1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone was published in San Francisco.

Nov. 9, 1979 – Monroe Academy beat Glenwood Academy, 21-7, to collect the 100th football win in school history.

Nov. 9, 1991 - Roman Anderson of the Houston Cougars became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points when he kicked a 32-yard field goal.

Nov. 9, 1992 – The Hawthorne House (also known as the Col. J.R. Hawthorne House) in Pine Apple in Wilcox County added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

Nov. 9, 1995 – Hugh Hunter Allen, who is buried in the Belleville Baptist Church cemetery, passed away. Born March 20, 1917, he served in WWII and Korea after enlisting in 1936. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese in April 15, 1942, and survived the Bataan Death March and POW camps in the Phillipines and Japan. He was a POW for three years and seven months and later received the Purple Heart. He retired in 1960 as a Master Sergeant in the Air Force.

Nov. 9, 1997 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons. In the same game, Sanders passed former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett for third place on the all-time rushing list.