Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Today in History for Dec. 3, 2014

Repton Masonic Lodge No. 575
Dec. 3, 1818 - Illinois was admitted as the 21st state of the union.

Dec. 3, 1821 – Town of Sparta incorporated by the Alabama legislature.

Dec. 3, 1826 - Union General George McClellan was born in Philadelphia.

Dec. 3, 1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.

Dec. 3, 1864 – Newton, Ala. Methodist minister William “Bill” Sketoe Sr. was lynched in Newton, and his lynching gave birth to one of Alabama's best-known ghost stories, the “Legend of Sketoe’s Hole.” (13 Alabama Ghosts)

Dec. 3, 1856 – The organizational charter was issued to Fairmount Masonic Lodge No. 238 in Red Level, Ala. (Covington Co.)

Dec. 3, 1898 – The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players, 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

Dec. 3, 1902 – The organizational charters were issued to Repton Masonic Lodge No. 575 and Blacksher Masoic Lodge No. 592 at Uriah, Ala.

Dec. 3, 1912 – The organizational charter was issued to North Creek Masonic Lodge No. 746 in Florala, Ala.


Dec. 3, 1919 – H.P. Lovecraft completed “The Doom That Came to Sarnath,” which was originally published in Issue No. 44 of “The Scot” in June 1920.

Dec. 3, 1924 – Dr. John Johnathan Dailey of Tunnel Springs, Ala. married Ethel Busey in Monroeville, Ala.

Dec. 3, 1928 – Walter Eugene “Gene” Garrett of Uriah was born. He would go on to graduate from Marion Institute in 1947 and from the University of Alabama in 1953. He received his law degree from Alabama in 1953 and went on to serve as a state legislator, special judge and member of the Alabama Constitution Revision Committee. In 1963, he purchased the historic King Plantation House at Packer’s Bend and moved it board by board to Uriah.

Dec. 3, 1931 – H.P. Lovecraft completed “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” which was originally published in 1936’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth.”

Dec. 3, 1947 - The Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theater.

Dec. 3, 1949 – Evergreen native Andrew collapsed and died during the Alabama-Auburn football game at Legion Field Stadium.

Dec. 3, 1950 - Paul Harvey began his national radio broadcast.

Dec. 3, 1950 - Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams caught an NFL-record 18 passes against the Green Bay Packers. Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) broke the record with 20 catches for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears on Dec. 17, 2000.

Dec. 3, 1953 – The Martin Theatres Football Trophies were to be awarded to the top players on Evergreen’s varsity and junior varsity teams during an award presentation ceremony at Evergreen’s Pix Theatre at 8 p.m. The awards were selected based on ballots cast by fans at the theater, and Pix manager Gladys Barron was to present the trophies on stage.

Dec. 3, 1961 - George Blanda of the Houston Oilers kicked a 55-yard field goal.

Dec. 3, 1968 - The rules committee of Major League Baseball announced that in 1969 the pitcher's mound would be lowered from 15 to 10 inches. This was done in order to "get more batting action." The strike zone was also reduced from the knees to the shoulders to the top of the knees to the armpits.

Dec. 3, 1976 – Monroe Academy senior offensive guard and defensive tackle Bobo Jay played in the first ever Alabama Private School All-Star Game, which was played at Fort Dale Academy in Greenville.

Dec. 3, 1976, Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt two days before the "Smile Jamaica" concert aimed at restoring peace amongst warring political factions. Despite fear of a follow-up attack, he would go on to play the concert for a crowd of over 80,000 people. When asked why he was going forward with the concert, Marley famously replied "the people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?"

Dec. 3, 1983 – Castleberry’s annual Christmas parade was scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.

Dec. 3, 1988 - Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State University won the Heisman Trophy.

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