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May 14, 1607 - The
London Company explorers from England landed in what would become Jamestown,
Va., the first English
settlement in the New World. The colony lay on the banks
of the James River, 60 miles from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
May 14, 1692 – In connection with the Salem witchcraft
trials, the Reverend Increase Mather and Sir William Phips, the newly appointed
governor of the colony, arrived in Boston. They brought with them a new charter
establishing the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
May 14, 1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convened a
Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States.
George Washington presided. The meetings were pushed back to May 25 when a
sufficient number participants had arrived.
May 14, 1796 – Doctor Edward Jenner inoculated an eight-year-old boy with a vaccine for
smallpox, the first safe vaccine ever developed.
May 14, 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departed from
Camp Dubois and began its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
May 14, 1825 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette attended dinner and a ball in Frankfort, Ky.
May 14, 1849 - A black rain fell in Ireland upon an area of
400 square miles. It was the color of ink and "of a fetid odor and
disagreeable taste," according to the Annals of Scientific Discovery.
May 14, 1862 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought
at Lamb's Ferry, Ala.
May 14, 1863 – During the Civil War, the Battle of Jackson
took place as two Union corps under William T. Sherman and James McPherson drove
Confederates under Joseph Johnston out of Jackson, Miss.
May 14, 1864 – The Battle of Resaca, Ga. began. This was one
of the first fights in Union General William T. Sherman's campaign to capture
Atlanta. The battle was considered a tactical victory for the Rebels because
they had maintained their position and thwarted the Union offense.
May 14, 1864 – The Second Battle of Drewry’s Bluff (or the
Proctor’s Creek engagement) began when part of Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F.
Butler's Army of the James feigned an attack toward Richmond from Bermuda
Hundred. After two days of skirmishing, Federals led by Maj. Gen. William F.
Smith and Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore captured the outer Confederate
earthworks here. At dawn on May 16, however, the Confederates under Maj. Gen.
Robert F. Hoke and Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr., launched several assaults from
the inner defenses just north. By midmorning the Federals began retreating
south to the Half-Way House. The 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment was there as
well, and it’s possible Lewis Lavon Peacock was there too.
May 14, 1870 – James McLaughlin purchased The Monroe Journal
newspaper.
May 14, 1874 - McGill University and Harvard met at
Cambridge, Mass. for the first college football game to charge admission.
May 14, 1875 - Alabama author Garrard Harris was born in
Columbus, Ga.
May 14, 1878 – National Baseball Hall of Fame owner J.L.
Wilkinson was born in Algona, Iowa.
May 14, 1881 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Ed
Walsh was born in Plains Township, Pa. He went on to play for the Chicago White
Sox and the Boston Braves and managed the White Sox in 1924. He was inducted
into the Hall of Fame in 1946.
May 14, 1881 - Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon bemoaning
the high price of gas.
May 14, 1897 - "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by
John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where
a statue of George Washington was unveiled near Willow Grove Park, Pa.
May 14, 1899 – National Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder
Earle Combs was born in Pebworth, Ky. He played his entire career (1924-1935)
for the New York Yankees. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1970.
May 14, 1900 – Nature writer Hal Borland was born in
Sterling, Nebraska (1900).
May 14, 1906 - The flagpole at the White Sox ballpark broke
during the pennant-raising.
May 14, 1913 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators
ended his scoreless streak of 56 innings.
May 14, 1918 - Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians set a
club record when he pitched 19 innings.
May 14, 1918 - Sunday baseball games were made legal in
Washington, D.C.
May 14, 1920 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators won
his 300th game against Detroit.
May 14, 1942 – National Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman
and third baseman Tony Perez was born in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. He went on to
play for the Cincinnati Reds, the Montreal Expos, the Boston Red Sox and the
Philadelphia Philles. He also managed the Reds and the Florida Marlins. He was
inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.
May 14, 1944 - The first episode of the radio program “The World and America,” written by Frank
Callan Norris, John McNulty and Alabama author Carl Carmer, was broadcast.
May 14, 1947 – Travel writer and novelist Mary Morris was
born in Chicago.
May 14, 1953 – The Evergreen Greenies, managed by Zell
Murphy, were scheduled to play Brewton “under the lights” at Liles Park in
Brewton, Ala.
May 14, 1953 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Evergreen
High School had to say so long to popular assistant coach Ralph Law, who had
been called into service in the Air Force. Law served two years in the Navy
during WWII and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force when
he graduated from Auburn.
May 14, 1953 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Conecuh
Representative R.G. Kendall Jr. of Evergreen, Ala. had been elected Speaker
Pro-Tem of the Alabama House of Representatives by a vote of 69-0. Kendall was
serving his first term in the state legislature. He was elected in 1950 after
serving a four-year term as Senator from the 17th District.
May 14, 1961 – The Freedom Riders bus was fire-bombed near
Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters were beaten by an angry mob.
May 14, 1967 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his
500th career home run.
May 14, 1969 – Army Sgt. Willie James Chapman of Jackson,
Ala. was killed in action in Vietnam.
May 14, 1972 - Willie Mays hit a home run in his first game
as a New York Met.
May 14, 1986 - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run. He
passed Mickey Mantle to move into sixth place on the all-time list.
May 14, 1989 - Kirby Pucket hit his sixth consecutive
double.
May 14, 1994 - Alabama journalist Hazel Brannon Smith died
in Cleveland, Tenn.
May 14, 1995 - Eddie Murray hit his 463rd career home run to
tie for 18th on the all-time list.
May 14, 1996 – Dwight “Doc” Gooden pitched a no-hitter
against the Seattle Mariners.
May 14, 1997 - The Baseball Executive Council suspended New
York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
May 14, 2000 - Alabama author C. Eric Lincoln died in
Durham, N.C.
May 14, 2014 – Evergreen, Ala. received 4.91 inches of rain.
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