June 20, 1597 – Dutch cartographer and explorer Willem
Barentsz, who was around 46 years old, died at sea in the Arctic region.
June 20, 1776 - Archibald Bulloch was elected the first
president and commander in chief of Georgia's temporary government.
June 20, 1782 – The U.S. Congress adopted the Great Seal of
the United States.
June 20, 1783 - The Battle of Cuddalore took place between
the British and French navies. It was after peace had been signed in Europe but
prior to the news reaching India.
June 20, 1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moved at the Federal
Convention to call the government the “United States.”
June 20, 1819 – Opera composer Jacques Offenbach was born in
Cologne, Germany.
June 20, 1837 - Queen Victoria ascended the British throne
following the death of her uncle, King William IV.
June 20, 1858 – Writer Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born in
Cleveland, Ohio. His most famous book, “The Conjure Woman,” was published in
1891.
June 20, 1861 – Nobel Prize-winning English biochemist
Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born in Eastbourne, Sussex.
June
20, 1862 – During the Civil War, Union forces captured Ship Island,
Mississippi.
June 20, 1862 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Des Allemands, Louisiana and at New Bridge and
Gill's Bluff, Virginia.
June 20, 1863 - During the Civil
War, West Virginia was admitted into the Union as the 35th U.S. state, or the
24th state if the secession of the 11 Southern states were taken into account.
The same day, Arthur Boreman was inaugurated as West Virginia’s first state
governor.
June 20, 1863 – During the Civil
War, an engagement was fought at La Fourche Crossing, Louisiana. Skirmishes
were also fought at Rocky Ford, Senatobia, Mud Creek and Matthew's Ferry in
Mississippi and at Middletown, Maryland.
June 20, 1863 – During the Civil
War, the siege at Vicksburg, Miss. entered Day 33.
June 20, 1864 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Buford's Gap, White House and at King and Queen
Court House in Virginia and at White's Station, Tennessee.
June 20, 1875 – A skilled practitioner of the frontier art of the tall tale, the mountain man Joe Meek, 65, of Virginia died on his farm in Oregon. His life was nearly as adventurous as his stories claimed.
June 20, 1893 - A jury in New Bedford, Mass. found Lizzie
Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
June 20, 1896 - A “difficulty” occurred between Mr. Tosia
(sic) Shirley and his brother Isaac at the home of the former six miles east of
Monroeville on this Saturday, in which Isaac shot Rosia (sic) with a 38-caliber
pistol, the ball taking effect in the left breast and piercing the lung. Dr.
McDaniel was called and dressed the wounds of the injured man. He reported Mr.
Shirley’s injuries quite serious but not necessarily fatal. The difficulty
between the brothers grew out of a trivial matter. Isaac had been drinking.
June 20, 1899 - A fire in Fort Pickens' Bastion D reached
the bastion's magazine, which contained 8,000 pounds of powder. The resulting
explosion killed one soldier and obliterated Bastion D. The force of the
explosion was so great that bricks from Bastion D's walls landed across the bay
at Fort Barrancas, more than 1-1/2 miles away.
June 20, 1900 – Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian
Polar Expedition of 1900, departed Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer
ship Zarya, never to return.
June 20, 1905 - Alabama author Lillian Hellman was born in
New Orleans, La.
June 20, 1907 – As of this date, there had been 16 cases of
smallpox at Chestnut. The community had put on hold all public gatherings as of
this date, though people in the community hoped to start up Sunday School again
in the near future.
June 20, 1907 – The Monroe Journal reported that the
Monroeville post office would be shortly removed to the vacant building
adjoining Barnett & Jackson’s hardware store on the east side of the
square.
June 20, 1907 – The Monroe Journal reported that Burnt Corn
Lodge No. 489 had elected the following officers for the ensuing Masonic year:
J.K. Kyser, worshipful master; J.F. Salter, senior warden; H.S. Ellis, junior
warden; H.C. Fountain, senior deacon; C.E. Dean, junior deacon; H.H. Brantley,
treasurer; A.O. Brantley, secretary; I.S. Ridgeway, chaplain.
June 20, 1907 – The Monroe Journal reported that Monroeville
Lodge No. 153 had elected the following officers for the ensuing Masonic year:
T.M. McMillan, worshipful master; W.G. McCorvey, senior warden; J.B. Barnett,
junior warden; D.J. Hatter, treasurer; Q. Salter, secretary; F.W. Hare, senior
deacon; I.B. Slaughter, junior deacon; D.K. Smith, tyler.
June 20, 1907 – The Monroe Journal reported that Hall of Mt.
Pleasant Lodge No. 266, A.F.&A.M., had elected the following officers for
the ensuing Masonic year: D.D. Cole, worshipful master; J.R. Montgomery, senior
warden; S.E. Northrup, junior warden; Theo. Harris, treasurer; Z. Turberville,
secretary; W.H. Northrup Jr., senior deacon; N.D. Montgomery, junior deacon;
J.A. Montgomery, tyler; Rev. A.J. Lambert, chaplain; W.D. Lambert, senior
steward; C.S. Dees, junior steward; and Chas. Weatherford, marshal.
June 20, 1907 - Miss Mary Stallworth left on this Thursday
for Mobile where she planned to take a special course in music. Stallworth had
been re-elected teacher of music at the Moore Academy in Pine Apple for the
next session.
June 20, 1910 – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet and
short-story writer Josephine Winslow Johnson was born in Kirkwood, Mo.
June 20, 1912 - The New York Giants and the Boston Braves
combined for 17 runs in the ninth inning. The Giants scored seven to the
Braves' 10 runs. The Giants won the game, 21-12.
June 20, 1915 – The weather bureau thermometer in Evergreen,
Ala. on this Sunday reached 100 degrees during a heat wave that hit Conecuh
County.
June 20, 1918 - Author Marie Downs Chitwood was born in
Boaz, Ala.
June 20, 1919 - During the final days
of the Versailles Peace Conference held in Paris, France, the German cabinet
deadlocked over whether to accept the peace terms presented to its delegation
by the other nations at the peace conference – most notably the Council of
Four: France, Britain, the United States and Italy – and ratified the
Versailles Treaty.
June 20, 1924 – Guitarist Chet Atkins was born Chester
Burton Atkins outside Luttrell, Tenn.
June 20, 1929 – The Monroe Journal reported that the walks
that the Monroeville Junior Chamber of Commerce was having paved on the square
would soon be completed, and “as soon as the grass gets to growing, Monroeville
will have a real beautiful square for the people of the county as well as
others to look upon when in Monroeville. In order to take care of some of this
expense now, the Junior Chamber of Commerce is putting on a program for the
Fourth of July, and we hope that every business house will close that day and
come out to Williamson’s park and do their part in helping make it a success.”
June 20, 1929 – The Monroe Journal printed an act of
congress providing for the erection of headstones at government expense at the
graves of deceased Confederate soldiers. “Surviving relatives who may wish to
take advantage of the privilege granted by the act can obtain all necessary
information and blanks for making application by communicating with Congressman
John McDuffie who will be glad to render all the assistance in his power.”
June 20, 1930 - Author Philip James McFarland was born in
Birmingham, Ala.
June 20, 1935 – Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Len
Dawson was born in Alliance, Ohio. He went on to play for Purdue, the
Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Texans/Kansas City
Chiefs. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.
June 20, 1936 - Alabama author James Agee and photographer
Walker Evans departed New York for Alabama to gather the material that will be
used in their book “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.”
June 20, 1936 – Oakville, Ala. native Jesse Owens set a 100-meter
record at 10.2 seconds.
June 20, 1937 – Evergreen’s baseball team lost to Century
(Fla.), 9-5, at Gantt Field in Evergreen, Ala. on this Sunday. Jim Lane, Al
Hansen and Doc Jones all pitched for Evergreen. Lane hit a home run in the
eighth inning, and Hansen hit one in the second. Century’s Lefty Adams was the
winning pitcher and also led his team with a three-for-five showing at the
plate.
June 20, 1941 - The U.S. Army Air Forces was established,
replacing the Army Air Corps. The Army Air Forces were abolished with the
creation of the United States Air Force in 1947.
June 20, 1942
– During the Holocaust, Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as
members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, stole an SS staff car and escaped from the
Auschwitz concentration camp.
June 20, 1945 – The United States Secretary of State
approved the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket
scientists to America.
June 20, 1946 – The Evergreen Greenies baseball team was
scheduled to play Niceville in Evergreen, Ala. at 3 p.m. on this Thursday
afternoon.
June 20, 1946 – Evergreen’s golf team was scheduled to play
Monroeville’s golf team at the Evergreen Golf Club on this day around 1:30 p.m.
Monroeville’s team included 16 golfers led by Lucian Jones and Hotch, while
Evergreen’s team was led by Deming Jones and McGehee.
June 20, 1946 – The Evergreen Courant reported that
97-year-old John Cunningham, Evergreen’s oldest citizen, had been notified by
the Montgomery Fair that he had won a $50 prize as the oldest father in a
contest sponsored by the store for Fathers Day.
June 20, 1950 – National Baseball Hall of Fame center
fielder Willie Mays graduated from Fairfield Industrial High School in
Jefferson County, Ala. and immediately signed with the New York Giants. He
would make his Major League debut on May 25, 1951 for the New York Giants. He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979.
June 20, 1951 – Poet Paul Muldoon was born in Portadown,
Northern Ireland.
June 20, 1952 – Novelist Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta,
India.
June 20, 1957 - The Red Sox took a better grip on second
place as they defeated the Yankees, 12-9, on this Thursday night. Ray Granade,
winning pitcher, and Ronnie Hayes, the loser, were hit freely as the Yanks
blasted eight hits while the Sox collected five. The Red Sox hit for extra
bases three times with ducks on the pond as Johnny Snowden belted a triple and
a double. His teammate Bill Hammond hammered out a triple. Yankees Jerry
Johnson, Jim Ward and Robert Rigsby banged out two hits apiece, one a double by
Ward.
June 20, 1957 – In Evergreen, Ala., the Chicks and the
Pelicans battled to a 15-15 deadlock on this Thursday night. Ronnie Jackson and
Joe Glass hurled for the Chicks. William Patten, Mike Minninger and Steve
Baggett took the mound for the Pelicans. A seven-run rally in the fifth by the
Pelicans tied the game.
June 20, 1957 - Eddie Clyde Tuggle Jr., age 19, a former
resident of Evergreen, Ala., drowned while water skiing near Tampa, Fla. on
this Thursday morning. Tuggle graduated from Evergreen High School in 1955.
Born on Oct. 7, 1937, he was buried in the Orange Hill Cemetery in Tampa, Fla.
June 20, 1963 – The Monroe Journal reported that one of the
leading contenders for the Monroeville Little League crown was the White Sox,
coached by Allen Martin. Members of the team were Johnny Wiggins, Frank Martin,
Joe Whatley, Mark Adams, Pete Black, William Crawford, Mitch Bayles, Gerald
Skinner, Windell Simmons, Jim Haynes, Butch Nettles, Wayne McKenzie and Lee
Lynch.
June 20, 1963 – The Monroe Journal reported that Joe Morris,
principal of J.U. Blacksher High School in Uriah, Ala. for the previous year,
resigned the position that week, reportedly to accept employment in private
industry. The resignation was effective June 30. R.H. Vickery, county
superintendent of education, said the resignation was to be submitted to the
county board of education at the next scheduled meeting, which has been set for
June 28. Morris, appointed principal to fill the vacancy created by the death of
John Sawyer in 1962, previously had served as coach at the school for
approximately three years.
June 20, 1963 – In Evergreen Senior Baseball League action,
the Tigers stretched their winning string to four on this Thursday night with a
4-1 win over the Pirates. Bubba Faulkner was the winning hurler while Steve
Baggett was tagged with the loss.
June 20, 1963 - Sarah Susan Sheffield Wilson, age 103, died
at her residence in the Mt. Union community on this Thursday. She was believed
to have been Conecuh County’s oldest citizen at the time of her death. Born on
May 21, 1860, she was buried in the Sepulga Cemetery at Mt. Union.
June 20, 1964 – The Union Bank of Repton was robbed of
$16,386. About two months later, FBI agents arrested two men from Brewton, Lawrence
Earl Vonderau, 20, and Junior Wesley Bernard, 39, in connection with the
robbery.
June 20, 1964 - Gen. William
Westmoreland succeeded Gen. Paul Harkins as head of U.S. Military Assistance
Command Vietnam (MACV).
June 20, 1967 – During a meeting on this Tuesday night, the
Evergreen City Council named City Clerk Miller Sellers as purchasing agent for
the city. Sellers was named purchasing agent to comply with Alabama’s new bid
law, which was to go into effect on July 1, 1967. The law required all governmental
agencies (state, county and municipal) to seek bids on all purchases of $500 or
more.
June 20, 1972 – In connection with the Watergate scandal, an
18½-minute gap appeared in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S.
President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his
operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
June 20, 1972 - President Richard
Nixon appointed General Creighton W. Abrams, commander of U.S. Military
Assistance Command Vietnam, to be U.S. Army Chief of Staff.
June 20, 1975 – “Jaws,” a film
directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the
water, opens in theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a
New England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the highest-grossing
film in movie history until it was bested by 1977’s “Star Wars.” “Jaws” was
nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category and took home three
Oscars, for Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound.
June 20, 1975 – To mark their Monroeville Little League
title, the Mets of the Monroeville Little League presented Coach Billy Ghee
with a plaque of appreciation on this Friday night at Bud Lathram Field. The
team won the league title with a 12-2 record. Members of the team included
Reginald Grandison, Coach Billy Ghee, Troy Wearren, Ray Laffitte, Leslie Brown,
Michael Howard, Clifton Harris, Vincent Coaston, Jim Watson, Marshall Gibbs,
Pat McKenzie, Joe Rowell and Donald Harris.
June 20, 1976 – The B&S Arena on Stacey’s Farm, 18 miles
north of Evergreen, Ala., off State Highway 83, was scheduled to host its first
ever rodeo on this Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The event was to
include Bronco riding, bull riding, barrel racing and calf roping.
June 20, 1976
– Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman Carlos Lee was born in Aguadulce,
Panama. He went on to play for the Chicago White Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers,
the Texas Rangers, the Houston Astros and the Miami Marlins.
June 20, 1976
– Major League Baseball outfielder and third baseman Rob Mackowiak was born in
Oak Lawn, Ill. He went on to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chicago White
Sox, the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals.
June 20, 1977 – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the largest
construction project ever completed in U.S. history, began to pump oil for the
first time.
June 20, 1978 - Charlie Graddick, candidate for Attorney
General, made a brief visit to Evergreen on this Tuesday. Graddick planned to
be back in Conecuh County on June 22 to make more personal contacts. He had
compiled an outstanding record as District Attorney in Mobile and earned
widespread recognition for this vigorous and successful prosecution of
criminals.
June 20, 1978 – Temperatures reached 100 degrees in
Evergreen, Ala., according to weather reporter Earl Windham.
June 20, 1982 - Pete Rose played in his 3,000th major league
game. It was also his 523rd consecutive game.
June 20, 1989 - The "Batman: Motion Picture
Soundtrack" was released by Prince.
June 20, 1994 - The Detroit Tigers' streak of 25 straight
games with at least one home run ended. The lost the game, 7-1, to Cleveland.
June 20, 1997 – Weather reporter Harry Ellis reported 1.80
inches of rain Evergreen, Ala.
June 20, 1998 - Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hit two home
runs for the second straight game. The feat set a Major League Baseball record
of 16 home runs in June.
June 20, 1999 - Lawrence Phillips became the first NFL Europe
player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season.
June 20, 1999 - Faith Chapel Assembly of God Church at
Franklin celebrated its 60th anniversary on this Sunday. Along with
celebrating the church’s beginning, the congregation recognized the woman who
organized, built and continues to preach every Sunday, Mary Watford Stabler.
Stabler organized the church on June 18, 1939, and in 1941 the church had
enough money to buy an old building that once served as a Baptist church. A
newer church building was built in 1956.
June 20, 2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit
his 38th home run of the season. The home run broke the Major League Baseball
record for homers before the midseason All-Star break.
June 20, 2001
– Andrea Yates, in an attempt to save her young children from Satan, drowned
all five of them in a bathtub in Houston, Texas.
June 20, 2002 - Luis Castillo of the Florida Marlins set a
major league record for second basemen when he got a hit in his 34th straight
game.
June 20, 2003 - Jose Canseco was arrested after testing
positive for steroids, a violation of his probation that stemmed from a
nightclub brawl.
June 20, 2003 - John “Fat” Claiborne, 56, of Evergreen
passed away on this Friday in a Georgiana hospital. He held membership at
Lookout Lodge No. 325, where he served as worshipful master. He was a
self-employed businessman and a former member of the Evergreen City Council.
June 20, 2004 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds got
his 500th career home run.
June 20, 2007 - Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers got his
600th career home run. The hit came against, the Chicago Cubs, his former team.
June 20, 2013 – The Shack (Old Scout Hut) in Andalusia was
added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
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