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| Andrew J. Smith |
June 22, 1611 - English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and
several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers.
June 22, 1772 - Slavery was outlawed in England.
June 22, 1757 – English lieutenant and explorer George
Vancouver was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. 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. He also explored
the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.
June 22, 1775 - The Congress issued $2 million in
Continental currency.
June 22, 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the
British warship HMS Leopard attacked and boards the American
frigate USS Chesapeake. This was one of the incidents that led up
to the War of 1812.
June 22, 1813 – During the War of 1812, after learning of
American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord
set out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
June 22, 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge and
Elias Boudinot were assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which
had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
June 22, 1841 – The City of Mobile, Ala. deeded the Jewish
Rest section, also known as the Old Hebrew Burial Ground, of Magnolia Cemetery
to Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim, the oldest Reform Jewish congregation in the
state of Alabama. Jewish Rest is the oldest Jewish burial ground in Alabama.
The Jewish Rest section was full after only a few decades and led to the
establishment of two additional Jewish cemeteries in Mobile, the Sha'arai
Shomayim Cemetery for the Reform congregation and the Ahavas Chesed Cemetery
for the Conservative congregation.
June 22, 1864 - Union General William T. Sherman sent Union
General Andrew J. Smith on an expedition to destroy Confederate General Nathan
Bedford Forrest and his cavalry. Smith left LaGrange, Tennessee, the same day.
June 22, 1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant's attempt to
cut the Confederate's Weldon and Petersburg Railroad failed.
June 22, 1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
June 22, 1898 – German novelist Erich Maria Remarque was
born in Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany. His most famous novel, “All Quiet on
the Western Front,” was published in 1929.
June 22, 1903 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Carl
Hubbell was born in Carthage, Mo. He went on to play his entire career
(1928-1943) for the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1947.
June 22, 1906 – Screenwriter Billy Wilder was born in
Austria and he ended up producing and directing such movies as “Double
Indemnity” (1944), “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), “Some Like It Hot” (1959) and
“The Apartment” (1960).
June 22, 1910 – Amasa Coleman Lee married Frances Finch.
Their daughter, Harper Lee, would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for her
novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
June 22, 1911 – The Conecuh Record reported that a Federal
grand jury had indicted nine of Conecuh County, Alabama’s best known farmers
for conspiracy to commit peonage. They were J.E. Dean and two sons, T.L.
Brantley, W.T. McCrory, S.S. Kendrick and Steve Hanks and his two sons. They
surrendered to the U.S. Marshal at Mobile and were released on bond.
June 22, 1915 – The weather bureau thermometer in Evergreen,
Ala. on this Tuesday reached 104 degrees during a heat wave that hit Conecuh
County.
June 22, 1915 - Around 10 p.m. that night, a “windstorm of
considerable intensity” and rain struck Evergreen, Ala. and did “considerable
damage to property and crops.” The front and back end of the livery stable
building of R. Millsap Jr. was demolished. A house on Pecan Street being built
by J.R. Smith was “raised from its pillars” and a number of trees were also
uprooted.
June 22, 1915 – On this Tuesday night, John Salter and
Robert Watkins, who had just completed a two-year term at the Banner mines for
burglary, arrived in Evergreen, Ala. on the No. 3 train. They would later
confess to the brutal murder of Martha Lassiter, the attempted murder of Wiley
House and the robbery and burning of House’s residence on June 23, 2015.
June 22, 1916 - Alabama author and Poet Laureate Helen
Norris was born in Miami, Fla.
June 22, 1933 - Germany became a one political party country
when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis.
June 22, 1937 - Alabama native Joe Louis defeated James J. Braddock at Chicago's Comiskey Park to become the first black heavyweight boxing champion since Jack Johnson in 1908. Born near Lafayette as Joseph Louis Barrow, the "Brown Bomber" held the world heavyweight title until 1948.
June 22, 1939 - Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling in 124 seconds.
June 22, 1940 - Confederate soldier William George Riley
died and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen, Ala.. Born on Sept. 12,
1842, he was the brother of Monroe Guards commander Thomas Mercer Riley.
June 22, 1940 – France was forced to sign the Second
Compiègne armistice with Germany.
June 22, 1941 – Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in
Operation Barbarossa.
June 22, 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I.
Bill.
June 22, 1949 – Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren was
born in Oklahoma City.
June 22, 1960 – Two “children” of Albert II, the first
monkey projected into space, came to Evergreen, Ala. as part of the Civil Air
Patrol’s second annual air show at Middleton Field.
June 22, 1962 – Members of Greening Masonic Lodge No. 53 in
Evergreen, Ala. were scheduled to attend Evergreen Baptist Church together in
observance of St. John’s Day. Rev. Staples was slated to preach the sermon.
June 22, 1964 – “Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown was born in
Exeter, New Hampshire.
June 22, 1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court voted that Henry
Miller's book, "Tropic of Cancer," could not be banned.
June 22, 1967 – The Evergreen Courant reported that in
Junior League baseball action the Orioles beat the Pelicans, 18-2; the Yankees
beat the Giants, 4-2; the Chicks beat the Orioles, 7-2; the Dodgers beat the
Giants, 5-2; the Dodgers beat the Yankees, 27-2; and the Chicks beat the
Orioles, 7-6. Players involved in those games included Johnny Andrews, Dwight
Bennett, Daniel Byrd, Mark Daniels, Larry Darby, Jerry Daw, Kenny Dittman,
Lonnie Finley, Sammy Garrett, Billy Hall, Steve Hall, Bruce Hutcheson, David
Majors, Gary McInvale, Jerry Peacock, Keith Pugh, Travis Sims and Charlie Ward.
June 22, 1969 - Judy Garland died in Chelsea, London from an
accidental overdose of prescription sleeping aids. She was 47.
June 22, 1969 – The Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland,
Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing
of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
June 22, 1972 – The Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Ala. was
added to the National Register of Historic Places. (haunted)
June 22, 1977 - John N. Mitchell became the first former
U.S. Attorney General to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his
role in the Watergate cover-up. He served 19 months.
June 22, 1979 – Defensive tackle Troy Archer, 24, of the New
York Giants died in a traffic accident in North Bergen, N.J.
June 22, 1981 - Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing
John Lennon.
June 22, 1990 - Billy Joel became the first rock artist to
perform at Yankee Stadium.
June 22, 2002 - Darryl Kile of the St. Louis Cardinals was
found dead in his hotel room in Chicago, Ill.
June 22, 2005 - Aruban police detained and arrested Paulus
van der Sloot, Joran van der Sloot's father, for questioning in connection with
the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook, Ala. He was
eventually released on June 26, 2005.
June 22, 2012 – The episode of “The Dead Files” featuring
the King Plantation House at Uriah, Ala. originally aired on the Travel
Channel.
June 22, 2013 - The Evergreen Heat captured Conecuh County,
Alabama’s first ever state championship at the Alabama Sports Festival’s
16-and-Under youth basketball tournament in Hoover. Players on the team
included Jahod Booker, Keyshawn Roache, Ceauan Smith, Azavian Ingram, Matthew
Likely, Mikyie Dees, Tyrell Riley and Latreal McCreary. In addition to the
team’s gold medal finish, Roache was named the tournament’s Most Valuable
Player. The team’s coaches were Earnest Boykin and Bryan Boykin.
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