"The Incredible Hulk" No. 1 |
May 10, 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly departed Cádiz for
his first voyage to the New World.
May 10, 1503 – Christopher Columbus visited the Cayman
Islands and named them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
May 10, 1692 – In connection with the Salem witchcraft
trials, Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne examined George Jacobs Sr. and his
granddaughter Margaret Jacobs. Sarah Osborne died in prison.
May 10, 1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act,
which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.
May 10, 1775 – During the American Revolutionary War, a
small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captured
Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
May 10, 1775 – During the American Revolutionary War,
representatives from the Thirteen Colonies began the Second Continental
Congress in Philadelphia.
May 10, 1798 – English navigator and explorer George
Vancouver passed away at the age of 40 in Petersham,
Surrey, England. An English officer of the British Royal Navy, he is
best known for his 1791–95 expedition, which explored and charted North
America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of
contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. In Canada,
Vancouver Island and the city Vancouver are named after him, as are Vancouver,
Washington in the United States, Mount Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border and
New Zealand's fourth highest mountain.
May 10, 1802 – Warren A. Thompson, a noted explorer and
original settler of Butler County, Ala., was born in Clark County, Ga. He moved
to Alabama in 1816, he was a farmer, overseer and captain of the Butler County
militia.
May 10, 1820 – Charles Tait was nominated by President James
Monroe to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of
Alabama. Tait was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 13, 1820, and received
his commission the same day. On March 10, 1824, the District was subdivided,
and Tait was reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Northern
District and Southern District of Alabama. Tait continued in service as the
sole federal judge assigned to both districts until his resignation on Feb. 1,
1826.
May 10, 1838 - John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President
Abraham Lincoln in 1865, was born in Bel Air, Maryland.
May 10, 1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith moved his band of
followers to Illinois to escape the hostilities they had experienced in
Missouri.
May 10, 1861 – During the Civil War, riots occurred in St.
Louis, Missouri.
May 10, 1862 – During the Civil War, the Battle of Plum Run
Bend, Tenn. took place.
May 10, 1863 – During the Civil War, Confederate General
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after he is accidentally
shot by his own troops.
May 10, 1864 – During the Civil War, Colonel Emory Upton led
a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works
at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would
provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12.
Upton was slightly wounded but was immediately promoted to brigadier general.
May 10, 1864 – Sgt. William D. Clark of the Conecuh Guards
was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, Va. He survived war and returned to
Conecuh County, Ala.
May 10, 1865 – The Civil War officially ended by
declaration.
May 10, 1865 – During the Civil War, Jefferson Davis was
captured by a detachment of Union General James H. Wilson’s near Irwinville,
Georgia.
May 10, 1865 – During the Civil War, in Kentucky, Union
soldiers ambushed and mortally wounded Confederate raider William Quantrill,
who lingered until his death on June 6.
May 10, 1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking
the eastern and western United States, was completed at Promontory Summit, Utah
(not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
May 10, 1899 – Famous dancer Fred Astaire was born in Omaha,
Neb.
May 10, 1908 – Mother's Day was observed for the first time
in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
May 10, 1909 – The “largest crowd of people that ever
gathered at Owassa” witnessed the unveiling of a Woodmen of the World monument
erected in memory of B.E. Pickens, who was killed in a railroad accident in
Brewton a few months before. About 1,000 people were in attendance, many coming
from Haynesville, Gregville, Georgiana, McKenzie, Garland, Evergreen and other
neighboring towns.
May 10, 1912 – The Agriculture School in Evergreen, Ala.
held its closing exercises in the school chapel with Prof. C.M. Dannelly
delivering the baccalaureate address. The graduating class included Nell Brown
of Owassa, Kathleen Lundy, Ethel Kyser, Dora Amos, Glenn Lile, Early Gilchrist,
Ernest Barlow, William Harper and Bertram Harper of Herbert.
May 10, 1913 - The New York Yankees committed eight errors
against the Detroit Tigers. The Yankees won the game, 10-9, in 10 innings.
May 10, 1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird,
Ernest Shackleton arrived at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical
miles from Elephant Island.
May 10, 1929 – John Trotwood Moore, who lived in Monterey in
Butler County, Ala. for four years and Pine Apple in Wilcox County, Ala. for
two years, passed away at his home in Nashville, Tenn. An author, novelist,
magazine publisher, newspaper editor and columnist, teacher and State Librarian
for Tennessee, he was born in Marion on Aug. 26, 1858.
May 10, 1929 - Alabama author Hudson Strode's play “The End of the Dance” was performed on
Broadway as part of the Little Theatre Tournament.
May 10, 1938 – On this Tuesday, the Troy Trojans baseball
team beat the Evergreen Greenies, 6-5, in Troy. Bryant, who was Evergreen’s new
catcher, led Evergreen with three base hits.
May 10, 1945 – That week’s edition of The Evergreen Courant
announced that the German POW camp in Evergreen, Ala. had been closed and the
prisoners and their guards had been transferred to Camp Rucker near Ozark.
May 10, 1946 - The Boston Red Sox won their 15th straight
game.
May 10, 1951 – Army Pvt. Carlos D. Weaver of Escambia
County, Ala. was killed in action in Korea.
May 10, 1953 – Second baseman Warren “Slugger” Bolton joined
the Evergreen Greenies as they lost to Atmore, 4-2. In his first appearance
with the team with no practice, Bolton played “flawlessly afield” and recorded
two hits, including a home run over the left-center field fence. George Gaston
pitched for Evergreen.
May 10, 1953 – Around 12:45 a.m. on this Sunday morning,
Boss Griffin, 69, allegedly shot and killed Robert “Slick” Harris, 45, during
an argument over 25 cents in a card game being played at Griffin’s home in the
“Bear Mash” neighborhood on the lower end of Magnolia Avenue in Evergreen, Ala.
Griffin allegedly shot Harris once in the abdomen with a .32 caliber pistol,
and Harris was taken immediately to a Brewton hospital, where he died on May 11
around 10 p.m. Sheriff John H. Brock and Deputy Sheriff James Brock arrested
Griffin a short time after the shooting and Griffin was confined in the
Conecuh County Jail on charges of murder.
May 10, 1955 - A television version of Alabama author
Ambrose Bierce's story "The Soldiers" was broadcast as part of the “Danger” series.
May 10, 1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton
completed Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the
earth. The trip started on February 16.
May 10, 1962 – Marvel Comics published the first issue of
“The Incredible Hulk.”
May 10, 1967 - Hank Aaron hit an inside the park home run.
May 10, 1968 - Jim Morrison of The Doors incited a riot
during a Chicago concert.
May 10, 1969 - The National and American Football Leagues
announced their plans to merge for the 1970-71 season.
May 10, 1979 - John McMullen became the CEO of the Houston
Astros.
May 10, 1990 - Alabama author Walker Percy died in
Covington, La.
May 10-11, 1996 – On Mt. Everest in Nepal, eight climbers
died near the summit during a storm on the mountain.
May 10, 1997 - The Chicago Cubs got the 68th triple play in
Major League Baseball history.
May 10, 2000 – The Flat Rock Saints Church was added to the
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
May 10, 2002 – Alabama Gov. Don Siegleman visited Evergreen,
Ala. as part of a statewide tour to boost economic development.
May 10, 2005 – Jackson, Ala. voted to legalize alcohol
sales.
May 10, 2007 – Hillcrest High School was scheduled to play
Georgiana High School in a spring football game in Evergreen, Ala. Maurice Belser
was Hillcrest’s head football coach.
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