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| CSA General Richard Ewell |
June 4, 1754 - Lieutenant Colonel George Washington began
building Fort Necessity.
June 4, 1800 – Gov. Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi
Territory created all the territorial lands into one county, which he called
Washington, and McIntosh Bluff, 40 miles north of Mobile on the Tombigbee
River, was selected as the first county seat.
June 4, 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S.
state, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.
June 4, 1816 – “The Washington” was launched at
Wheeling, W.V. It was the first stately, double-decker steamboat.
June 4, 1825 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette gave a speech at the Eagle Tavern, Lafayette Square,
Buffalo. Lafayette followed part of the route of the still-uncompleted Erie
Canal from Buffalo across New York.
June 4, 1862 - Confederate forces slip out of Fort Pillow,
Tenn., a key stronghold on the Mississippi River, and Corinth, Miss., clearing
the way for the Union capture of Memphis.
June 4, 1862 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Woodville and Huntsville, Ala.
June 4, 1863 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee continued
to mobilize his army for an invasion of Pennsylvania. Lee sent Richard Ewell's
corps toward the Shenandoah Valley.
June 4, 1868 - Benjamin
Faneuil Porter, a doctor and lawyer who lived in Claiborne for about six years,
before becoming a state legislator, judge and Mayor of Greenville, died of
heart failure in Greenville and was buried at Pioneer Cemetery in Greenville,
Ala.
June 4, 1887 – Rube Burrow, who would rob a train at
Flomaton, Ala. and eventually get gunned down in Linden, Ala., and his gang
committed their third train robbery at Mary’s Creek near Benbrook, Texas,
robbing the eastbound Texas & Pacific train from El Paso around 7:45 p.m.
June 4, 1896 – Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle,
his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run in
Detroit, Mich.
June 4, 1914 – W.B. Coker, who lived north of Evergreen,
Ala., plucked Conecuh County’s first cotton bloom.
June 4, 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded: Laura
E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott and Florence Hall received the first Pulitzer for
biography (for “Julia Ward Howe”). Jean Jules Jusserand received
the first Pulitzer for history for his work “With Americans of Past and Present
Days.” Herbert B. Swope received the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work
for the “New York World.”
June 4, 1918 - A “white boy” was killed by the train at
Sparta, Ala. “His head was cut off and the body otherwise mangled.”
June 4, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Eddie C.
Smith of Florala, Ala. “died from disease.”
June 4, 1919 – The U.S. Congress approved the 19th
Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed suffrage to
women, and sent it to the U.S. states for ratification. Women across America
voted in their first national election in November of 1920.
June 4, 1940 – During World War II, the Dunkirk
evacuation ended. British forces completed the evacuation of 338,000 troops
from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill
delivered his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
June 4, 1942 – During World War II, the Battle of Midway
began. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo ordered a strike on Midway Island by
much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
June 4, 1940 - Forbes Field hosted its first night game.
The Pirates beat the Braves, 14-2.
June 4, 1940 - Sportsman's Park hosted its first night
game. It was the first National League game to be played at night. The Dodgers
beat the Cardinals, 10-1.
June 4, 1941 – The “first rain in nearly two months” fell
on this Wednesday in Evergreen, Ala., the “few glittering drops” providing a
“slight break in the drought.” It was the first significant rain in Evergreen
since April 15.
June 4, 1964 - Sandy Koufax threw his third career
no-hitter.
June 4, 1968 - Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers
pitched his sixth consecutive shutout.
June 4, 1971 - The Oakland A's beat the Washington
Senators, 5-3. The game took 21 innings.
June 4, 1971 – For one day only, a “valuable collection
of authentic Western relics” was put on display at the Conecuh County Library
in Evergreen, Ala., courtesy of C.L. Rogers.
June 4, 1972 – Horror writer Joe Hill was born Joseph
Hillstrom King in Hermon, Maine.
June 4, 1973 - Alabama author Arna Bontemps died in
Nashville, Tenn.
June 4, 1974 - A radio version of Alabama author Ambrose
Bierce's story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was broadcast as
part of the series “The CBS Radio Mystery
Theatre.”
June 4, 1974 - The Cleveland Indians had "Ten Cent
Beer Night." Due to the drunken and unruly fans, the Indians forfeited to
the Texas Rangers.
June 4, 1974 - The NFL granted the Seattle Seahawks franchise.
June 4, 1974 - Hank Aaron set a National League record
when he hit his 16th career grand slam.
June 4, 1984 - Bruce Springsteen released his "Born
in the U.S.A." album.
June 4, 1985 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower
court ruling striking down an Alabama law that provided for a daily minute of
silence in public schools.
June 4, 1989 – New York Yankee Deion Sanders hit his
first Major League home run. Batting leadoff for the first time because Rickey
Henderson took the day off, Sanders – known more for his speed – ripped a 1-0
pitch down the right-field line in Milwaukee for his first MLB homer. The
21-year-old phenom, just months shy of making his pro football debut that fall,
helped the Yankees to a 12-9 win with the blast.
June 4, 1994 - In Kuwait, six men were sentenced to death
for plotting to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush.
June 4, 1996 - Eddie Murray hit his 535th double. He moved
into 18th on the all-time list by passing Lou Gehrig.
June 4, 1997 - Michael Irvin of the Dallas Cowboys announced
that he was putting his NFL career on hold. Irvin later retracted his
announcement and returned to the game.
June 4, 1998 – Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison
for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 4, 2000 - Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays got
his 2,000th career hit.
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