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| CSA General Roger Weightman Hanson |
Jan. 2, 1788 - Georgia became the
fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Jan. 2, 1832 - Benjamin Faneuil
Porter was commissioned the Judge of the Circuit Court of Monroe County by Gov.
John Gayle. A native of South Carolina and also a doctor, he lived in Claiborne
for about six years, before becoming a state legislator, judge and Mayor of
Greenville. In 1832, he was elected to the legislature from Monroe County, the
first of three successive sessions.
Jan. 2, 1860 - The discovery of the
planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the Academie des Sciences in Paris.
Mathematician Urbain Le Verrier believed Vulcan orbited between Mercury and the
sun. Doubts about its existence began to surface almost immediately after Le
Verrier's proclamation.
Jan. 2, 1863 - In Murfeesboro,
Tenn., the Battle of Stones River ended when Union troops under William
Rosecrans defeated Confederates under Braxton Bragg. Confederate General Roger
Weightman Hanson was wounded and died two days later.
Jan. 2, 1892 - Ellis Island opened
as America's first federal immigration center. Annie Moore, at age 15, became
the first person to pass through.
Jan. 2, 1904 - Confederate General James Longstreet passed
away at the age of 82 in Gaineville, Ga.
Jan. 2, 1913 – Norman A. Staples, owner of the ill-fated steamboat
James T. Staples, committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a
shotgun. He was buried in the (supposedly haunted) Bladon Springs Cemetery in
Choctaw County.
Jan. 2, 1913 – Camp Capt. William Lee, United Confederate Veterans,
met at the Conecuh County Courthouse in Evergreen, Ala., and the old offers
were reelected for the ensuing year - G.R. Boulware, commander; J.T. Fincer,
lieutenant commander; J.A. Jones, adjutant; M.B. Salter, sergeant major; and
J.D. Wright, chaplain. Dr. Skinner was elected surgeon of the camp. Wm. J.
Tomlinson, J.T. Fincher and J.W. Cook were elected as delegates to the national
reunion at Chattanooga next June. The Conecuh Record reported that “there is said
to be only about 100 Confederate veterans in this county at the present time,
and the ranks are thinning rapidly.”
Jan. 2, 1918 – During World War I, Army Cpl. John D. Chapman
of Grove Hill “died from disease.”
Jan. 2, 1920 – Science fiction author Isaac Asimov was born
in Petrovichi, Russia.
Jan. 2, 1929 – The Monroeville
Methodist Church building, located on the southeast corner of the square where
Lee Motor Company is now, burned down.
Jan. 2, 1929 - The United States
and Canada reached an agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls.
Jan. 2, 1956 - Oklahoma University’s champion football team, the Sooners, defeated Maryland, 20-6, in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla., winning the national championship and scoring their 30th straight victory in the middle of a winning streak that went on to stretch to 47 games.
Jan. 2, 1965 - "Broadway"
Joe Namath signed the richest rookie contract ($400,000) in the history of pro
football.
Jan. 2, 1976 – Legendary baseball
owner and showman Bill Veeck passed away from lung cancer at the age of 71 at
the Illinois Masonic Center in Chicago, Ill.
Jan. 2, 1981 – One of the largest
investigations by a British police force ended when serial killer Peter
Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", was arrested in Sheffield, South
Yorkshire.
Jan. 2, 1983 - Ken Anderson of the Cincinnati
Bengals completed 20 consecutive passes to set an NFL record for passing
accuracy.
Jan. 2, 2003 - It was announced
that Bill Parcells would be the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
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