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| Donald Garrett of Lyeffion, Alabama. |
Nov. 11, 1620 - The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41
men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near
Cape Cod.
Nov. 11, 1774 – William Lawrence Locklin was born in
Milledgeville in Baldwin County, Ga., where he learned to build cotton gins. He
moved to Fort Claiborne, Ala. in 1812 and established Alabama’s first cotton
gin there in 1817. Locklin died on March 18, 1837 and was buried in the
Claiborne Cemetery in Monroe County, Ala.
Nov. 11, 1775 - The Continental Congress engaged missionary
Samuel Kirkland to spread the "Gospel amongst the Indians" with the
goal of confirming "their affections to the United Colonies...thereby
preserving their friendship and neutrality."
Nov. 11, 1778 – In what is now known as the “Cherry Valley
Massacre,” Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attacked a fort and village in
eastern New York, near Cooperstown, during the American Revolutionary War,
killing more than 40 civilians and soldiers under the command of Patriot Col.
Ichabod Alden.
Nov. 11, 1811 - Confederate General Ben McCulloch was born
near Rutherford City, Tennessee.
Nov. 11, 1813
– During the War of 1812, at the Battle of Crysler's Farm, British and Canadian
forces defeated a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their
Saint Lawrence campaign.
Nov. 11, 1821 – Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in
Moscow.
Nov. 11, 1823 – Harry Toulmin passed away at his plantation
at Fort Stoddert at the age of 57. Born in Taunton, Somersetshire, England on
April 7, 1766, he succeeded Ephraim Kirby as Superior Court Judge for the
Tombigbee District of the Mississippi Territory when Kirby died at Fort
Stoddert in 1804. Toulmin assumed the role of first postmaster in January 1805.
Nov. 11, 1831 – In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner was
hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
Nov. 11, 1839
– The Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, Virginia.
Nov. 11, 1861 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought
at Little Blue, Mo.
Nov. 11, 1861 – During the Civil War, Governor Isham Harris
of Tennessee suppressed pro-Federal insurrection in East Tennessee during the
next nine days.
Nov. 11, 1861 – During the Civil
War, a skirmish was fought at the New Market Bridge, which is near Fort Monroe,
Va.
Nov. 11, 1862 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at New Berne, N.C. and at Jefferson, Va.
Nov. 11, 1862 - Corporal Barber of
the 15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was a great letter-writer, and many of his
wartime missives have been preserved. On this day, he wrote describing his
unit’s activities around Oxford, Mississippi: “We now kept shifting position
and performing those uncertain movements so perplexing to a soldier...
Restricted on our rations, all communications cut off...and surrounded by a
relentless horde of rebel cavalry, our situation was anything but pleasant. The
boys commenced an indiscriminate foraging with an avidity which knew no limits.
In many places gold was found which the rebels had buried before leaving for
the war to prevent its falling into the hands of the Yankees, but a little
coaxing would induce the head darkey on the plantation to divulge its hiding
place.”
Nov. 11, 1863 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Fouche-le-Faix Mountains and Caddo Gap, Ark.; at
Greenleaf Prairie in the Indian Territory; at Carrion Crow and Vermillion
Bayous in the Bayou Teche country of Louisiana; at Natchez, Miss.; and at
Suffolk, Va.
Nov. 11, 1863 – During the Civil
War, Union General Benjamin Butler was one of the more colorful, not to say
controversial, figures of the War. Not much of a combat commander, he had been
shifted into administration, particularly of occupied cities. During his tenure
in command of New Orleans, he had infuriated so many that his picture was
pasted in the bottom of chamber pots. (Replicas of which may still be obtained
from Confederate Memorial Hall in New Orleans on Camp Street--adjacent to the
D-Day Museum). Finally he was replaced, not for irritating his subjects but for
failing to sufficiently support the campaign up the Mississippi River. On this
day, he got his new assignment, replacing Gen. John G. Foster in the Department
of Virginia and North Carolina. He got off to a reasonably typical start,
issuing an order forbidding the populace to harass citizens loyal to the Union
with “opprobrious and threatening language.” Women, for once, were not singled
out.
Nov. 11, 1864 – During the Civil
War, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, during his famous “March to the
Sea,” began burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march
south.
Nov. 11, 1864 – During the Civil War, a skirmish occurred at
Shoal Creek, Ala.
Nov. 11, 1864 – During the Civil
War, a Federal operation from Springfield, Mo. to Huntsville and Yellville,
Ark. began.
Nov. 11, 1864 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Bull Gap and Russellville, Tenn. and at
Kernstown and Manassas Junction in Virginia.
Nov. 11, 1866 – The Conecuh County Courthouse at Sparta
burned down. (Some sources say this happened on Nov. 10, 1866.)
Nov. 11, 1884 – The Monroe County Jail in Monroeville, Ala.
caught fire around midnight, burning everything but the bare walls. All
prisoners were safely removed.
Nov. 11, 1889 – The Monroe County Circuit Court convened at
12 p.m. in Monroeville, Ala. It adjourned on Nov. 19.
Nov. 11, 1889 – The State of Washington was admitted as the
42nd state of the United States.
Nov. 11, 1891 – National Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop and
second baseman Rabbit Maranville was born in Springfield, Mass. He went on to
play for the Boston Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chicago Cubs, the
Brooklyn Robins and the St. Louis Cardinals. He was inducted into the Hall of
Fame in 1954.
Nov. 11, 1892 – T.J. Emmons was commissioned as Monroe
County, Alabama’s Circuit Court Clerk.
Nov. 11, 1892 – The University of Alabama played the first
football game in its history, a 56-0 win over Birmingham High School at
Lakeview Park in Birmingham.
Nov. 11, 1895 - Chancery Court convened in Monroeville, Ala.
and remained in session until Nov. 12 with Chancellor W.H. Tayloe presiding.
Nov. 11, 1901 - Alabama's 1901 Constitution was
ratified by statewide vote in an election fraught with corruption.
Following the trend of other southern states in this period, Alabama used the
constitution to effectively disfranchise blacks and poor whites. With hundreds
of amendments, the 1901 Constitution carries the distinction of being
twice as long as the constitution of any other state.
Nov. 11, 1911 - The “Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11” struck
the central United States - a dramatic cold snap brought in by a powerful storm
system that swept away warm, humid air with frigid arctic air. Many Midwestern
cities broke record highs and lows on the same day. In Springfield, Mo. it went
from 80 to 40 °F within two hours. Oklahoma City had a high of 83°F and a low
of 17°F.
Nov. 11, 1918 – On the day World War I officially ended,
Army Pvt. Jesse James Leonard, 27, of Opp, Ala. was killed in action. Born in
Coffee County, Ala. on June 7, 1891, he was buried in the Saint Mihiel American
Cemetery and Memorial in Lorraine, France. A marker in his memory can be found
in the Brooklyn Cemetery in Coffee County, Ala.
Nov. 11, 1918 – On the day World War I officially ended, Army
Cpl. George K. Ealum of McKenzie, Ala. was killed in action.
Nov. 11, 1918 – On the day World War I officially ended, Army
Pvt. Louis Hayles, 27, of Eliska, Ala. was killed in action while serving with
the 321st Infantry S.F. Division. Born in 1891, he was buried in the
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery at Eliska in Monroe County, Ala.
Nov. 11, 1918 – World War I ended. More than two million
American soldiers had served on the battlefields of Western Europe, and more
than 50,000 of these men had lost their lives. Germany signed an armistice
agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France.
The fighting officially ended at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the eleventh month) and this is commemorated annually with a
two-minute silence. The war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Versailles on June 28, 1919.
Nov. 11, 1921 – The first ever football game between Jones
Mill and Excel is believed to have been played on this day in Frisco City. It
was Jones Mill’s first game ever, and they won, 26-0.
Nov. 11, 1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated by US
President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Nov. 11, 1922 – Writer and veteran Kurt Vonnegut was born in
Indianapolis, Ind.
Nov. 11, 1925 – Comedian Jonathan Winters was born in
Bellbrook, Ohio.
Nov. 11, 1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System
was established.
Nov. 11, 1943 – As per custom since World War I, the
merchants of Monroeville, Ala. and the county’s five banks planned to close for
the entire day in observance of Armistice Day.
Nov. 11, 1954 – Writer Mary Gaitskill was born.
Nov. 11, 1955 – Evergreen High School, under head coach
Wendell Hart, beat T.R. Miller, 33-0, at Brooks Stadium in Evergreen. Standout
Evergreen players in that game included Bert Cook, Russell Deason, Ronnie
Edson, Wayne Frazier, Bill Grace, Eddie Kelly, Buck Lewis, Jimmy Moorer, James
Nelson, Wendell Tolbert, Tommy Watts and Randy White.
Nov. 11, 1955 – Red Level, under head coach Ray Davis, beat
Lyeffion, 60-0, in Lyeffion.
Nov. 11, 1955 – On homecoming night in Repton, Flomaton High
School beat Repton High School, 18-0. Outstanding players for Repton included
Ray Blackwell, Crutchfield and Waters.
Nov. 11, 1955 – The brick pillars and metal arch at the
cemetery at Indian Springs Baptist Church at McWilliams were dedicated. A
marker on one of the columns reads, “In Memory of Cynthia and Cullen Mims,
these gates, arch and columns were donated to Indian Springs Cemetery by Alice
Maxwell Brantley, daughter of Margaret Mims and James Franklin Maxwell and
granddaughter of Cynthia and Cullen Mims, Nov. 11, 1955.”
Nov. 11, 1960
– A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was crushed.
Nov. 11, 1962 – Kuwait's National Assembly ratified the
Constitution of Kuwait.
Nov. 11, 1963 – Lyeffion High School’s Donald Garrett, a 17-year-old,
165-pound junior halfback, appeared in Sports Illustrated. Garrett was featured
in the magazine’s ‘Faces in the Crowd’ section (on Page 89) for his exploits in
the Repton game when he gained 350 yards rushing on 18 carries, scored four
touchdowns and passed for another. His longest rushing touchdown went for 63
yards, and Lyeffion beat Repton, 39-7.
Nov. 11, 1964 – Monroeville, Ala. native Hugh B. DuBose, 66,
of Birmingham passed away in a Birmingham hospital. DuBose ran unsuccessfully
for Alabama governor in 1950 on a platform that included a call for state
operated race tracks. He moved from Monroeville to Birmingham in 1930. In
Birmingham, he opened several restaurants and private clubs and founded the
DuBose Publishing Co.
Nov. 11, 1967
– During the Vietnam War, in a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
three American prisoners of war were released by the Viet Cong and turned over
to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
Nov. 11, 1967 - In Vietnam, the Americal (formerly Task
Force Oregon) and 1st Cavalry Divisions combined to form Operation
Wheeler/Wallowa in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces, I Corps.
Nov. 11, 1968 – During the Vietnam War, Operation Commando
Hunt was initiated. The goal was to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi
Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
Nov. 11, 1969 - Jim Morrison of The Doors and Tom Bakker
were jailed for "interfering with the flight of an intercontinental
aircraft and public drunkenness." The charges were eventually dropped.
Nov. 11, 1971 – A Veterans Day Parade was held in downtown
Evergreen, Ala. The parade was followed by a program in No Man’s Land that
featured a speech by State Auditor Melba Till Allen.
Nov. 11, 1972 – During the Vietnam War, the United States
Army turned over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
Nov. 11, 1976 – Major League Baseball relief pitcher Jason
Grilli was born in Royal Oak, Mich. He went on to pitch for the Florida
Marlins, the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers, the Colorado Rockies, the
Texas Rangers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the
Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays.
Nov. 11, 1977 – Evergreen, Ala. weather reporter Earl
Windham reported a low of 29 degrees.
Nov. 11, 1977 – In the opening round of the Class 1A
playoffs, Repton High School improved to 10-0-1 by beating Sweet Water, 21-7,
in Repton, Ala.
Nov. 11, 1978 - A stuntman on the Georgia set of “The Dukes
of Hazzard” launched the show’s iconic automobile, a 1969 Dodge Charger
named the General Lee, off a makeshift dirt ramp and over a police car. That
jump, 16 feet high and 82 feet long (its landing totaled the car), made TV
history. Although more than 300 different General Lees appeared in the series,
which ran on CBS from 1979 until 1985, this first one was the only one to play
a part in every episode: That jump over the squad car ran every week at the end
of the show’s opening credits.
Nov. 11, 1981 - Rookie of the Year Fernando Valenzuela won
the National League’s Cy Young Award, becoming the first player in baseball
history to win both prizes in the same season.
Nov. 11, 1984 - The Houston Oilers ended their streak of 23
consecutive road losses when they beat Kansas City, 17-16.
Nov. 11, 1990 - Derrick Thomas of the Kansas City Chiefs set
an NFL record when he had seven sacks in a game against the Seahawks.
Nov. 11, 1992 – A southbound CSX train collided with a 1985
Chevrolet Cavalier at the railroad crossing near the Old Depot in downtown Evergreen,
Ala. around 11:22 a.m. The Cavalier was driven by Leroy Andrews, 23, of
Castleberry. Andrews was not seriously injured.
Nov. 11, 1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the
Vietnam War was dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 11, 1994 – “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire
Chronicles,” the big-screen adaptation of Anne Rice’s best-selling 1976 novel,
opened in theaters around the United States.
Nov. 11, 1995 - A newly formed firing squad participated in
Veterans Day activities on this Saturday on the Courthouse Square in
Monroeville, Ala. The Rev. Tom Butts presented the invocation. Squad members
included Commander Eddie Everette, Walt Bentley, J.V. Lundy, Allen Biggs, Alvin
Bayles, E.C. Reid, Robert Sims and Bill McDonald.
Nov. 11, 1997 - Roger Clemens of the Toronto Blue Jays
became the third Major League Baseball player to win the Cy Young Award four
times.
Nov. 11, 1999 - The Greek ship HS Leon (D-54), formerly the
USS Eldridge, was sold for scrap to the Piraeus-based firm V&J Scrapmetal
Trading Ltd.
Nov. 11, 2002 - Barry Bonds became the first Major League
Baseball player to win the league’s Most Valuable Player title five times.
Nov. 11, 2003 - Alabama author and Poet Laureate Helen
Blackshear died in Cottondale, Ala.
Nov. 11, 2003 – About 150 people, including many veterans,
attended a Veterans Day ceremony on this Tuesday morning at Veterans Memorial
Park in Monroeville, Ala.
Nov. 11, 2013 – “Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell” premiered on
the Discovery Channel in the U.S.
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