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Aug. 18, 1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor
John White of the Colony of Roanoke, became the first English child born in the
Americas.
Aug. 18, 1590 - John White, the governor of the Roanoke
Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returned from a supply-trip to
England to find the settlement completely deserted. White and his men found no
trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of
violence. To date, no one knows what became of the so-called “Lost Colony of
Roanoke.”
Aug. 18, 1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of
England's most famous witch trials, began at Lancaster Assizes.
Aug. 18, 1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of
sorcery, was burned alive in Loudun, France.
Aug. 18, 1735 - The "Evening Post" of Boston,
Mass. was published for the first time.
Aug. 18, 1750 – Italian-born Viennese composer Antonio Salieri
was born in Legnago in the Republic of Venice.
Aug. 18, 1774 – American soldier, explorer, and co-leader of
the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis, was born in Charlottesville,
Va.
Aug. 18, 1780, following the Continental Army’s disastrous
loss two days earlier at the Battle of Camden, two bloody engagements leave the
Loyalist and Patriot forces each with one more victory in South Carolina’s
brutal civil war. British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton defeated
Brigadier General Thomas Sumter at Sumter's camp at Fishing Creek on the
Wateree River. In South Carolina, at Musgrove's Mill, Patriot forces repelled a
Loyalist attack. The Patriots killed 63, wounded 90 and captured 70 while only
losing four killed and eight wounded.
Aug. 18, 1783 – A huge fireball meteor was seen across Great
Britain as it passed over the east coast.
Aug. 18, 1817 - A special committee was established to
collect evidence of the Gloucester Sea Serpent, which according to witnesses
was between 80 to 100 feet long with "a head as broad as a horse."
Aug. 18, 1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore
the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighed anchor at Hampton Roads.
Aug. 18, 1842 – French explorer and navigator Louis de
Freycinet died at the age of 62 at Château de Freycinet,
near Saulce-sur-Rhône, Drôme. He is best remembered for circumnavigating
the earth, and in 1811 publishing the first map to show a full outline of the
coastline of Australia.
Aug. 18, 1851 – Thomas Chalmers McCorvey was born in Monroe
County, Ala. A teacher, poet and historian, he was an active officer and
professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Aug. 18, 1861 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought at Pohick Church, Va.
Aug. 18, 1862 – William Wright Kilpatrick enlisted in Co. H of the 53rd Alabama Infantry, Mounted “Partisan Rangers,” at Elba, Ala. He received a $50 enlistment bonus, but had no horse. He served 180 days without a horse and was assigned as a teamster until the end of hostilities. Born in 1835 in Barbour County, he passed away in 1898 in Butler County and was buried in the New Home Primitive Baptist Cemetery in the Dottelle community in Monroe County.
Aug. 18, 1864 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant attempted to
cut Confederate lines into Petersburg, Va. at the Battle of Weldon Railroad at
Globe Tavern, Va. The battle lasted for five days, and a Confederate offensive
regained control of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad on August 25.
Aug. 18, 1864 – During the Civil War, a skirmish occurred
near Antioch Church, Ala.
Aug. 18, 1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen spotted an unknown element in the spectrum of the sun, during a solar eclipse. The element is now known as helium.
Aug. 18, 1879 – The Monroe Journal reported that a new post
office had been established at Simpkinsville with Mr. J.J. Simpkins as
postmaster.
Aug. 18, 1880 – John J. Watson was commissioned as Monroe
County, Alabama’s Sheriff.
Aug. 18, 1893 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
Burleigh Grimes was born in Emerald, Wisc. During his career, he played for the
Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brooklyn Robbins, the New York Giants, the Boston
Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, the New York Yankees, and he
also managed the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1964.
Aug. 18, 1902 – Margaret Murie was born in Seattle, Wash.
Murie was instrumental in the formation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
and the passage of the Wilderness Act, each of which protected millions of
acres of wilderness. She received the Audubon Medal, the John Muir Award, and
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Aug. 18, 1910 - The Birmingham Barons inaugurated Rickwood
Field by defeating the Montgomery Climbers in front of more than 10,000 fans.
Aug. 18, 1911 – The Monroe County (Ala.) Jail was condemned
by Alabama State Prison Inspector W.H. Oates, who inspected the jail on July
22. In a letter to Monroe County’s I.B. Slaughter, Oates called the jail “one
of the poorest jails in the state.”
Aug. 18, 1915 – Conecuh County Commissioner John F. Salter
brought in the “first new bale” of cotton, which was bought for 10 cents.
Aug. 18, 1915 - Braves Field was inaugurated with Boston
defeating the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1.
Aug. 18, 1916 - Abraham Lincoln's birthplace was made into a
national shrine.
Aug. 18, 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote.
Aug. 18, 1934 – National Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder
Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio San Antón, Carolina, Puerto Rico. He played
his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1973.
Aug. 18, 1936 – Evergreen Boy Scout Troop 80 played a
10-inning baseball game against the Monroeville juniors on this Tuesday.
Monroeville won the game, 7-6. Evergreen’s players included Dick Murphy, first
base; Vaughn Fountain, second base; Charlie Northcutt, shortstop; Carl Wiggins,
third base; Horace Jay, left field; Knud Nielsen, center field; James Tate,
right field; Jim Lane, pitcher; and Bill Wiggins, catcher. Pullens pitched for
Monroeville, and Latham did the catching.
Aug. 18, 1937 - The first FM radio construction permit was
issued in Boston, Mass. The station went on the air two years later.
Aug. 18, 1943 – Congressman George Grant, who represented
Alabama’s 2nd District in Washington, visited Evergreen, Ala.
Aug. 18, 1943 – Annie Stallings Wiggins, 82, passed away at
her residence on Rural Street in Evergreen, Ala. One of Evergreen’s oldest and
most admired citizens, she was born on Feb. 13, 1861 in the Oaky Streak
community in Butler County. She married Willis Thomas Wiggins and they moved to
Castleberry, where they lived a short time. They moved to Evergreen in 1890,
and her husband died on March 10, 1927.
Aug. 18, 1955 – Major League Baseball catcher Bruce Benedict
was born in Birmingham, Ala. He played his entire career, 1978-1989, for the
Atlanta Braves.
Aug. 18, 1956 - The Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Braves
combined for a National League record of 10 home runs. The Reds won, 13-4. Bob
Thurman of the Cincinnati Reds hit three of the home runs.
Aug. 18, 1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel
“Lolita” was published in the United States.
Aug. 18, 1960 - Lew Burdette threw a no-hitter against the
Philadelphia Phillies. The final score was 1-0.
Aug. 18, 1966 – In Evergreen Junior Baseball League action,
the Dodgers knocked the Yankees out of a first place tie in the National
League, upsetting them in the final game of the season. The members of the
Dodgers included Jerry Daw, Lester Daw, Mike Turner, David Jackson, Donald
Jackson, Sammy Garrett, Johnny Andrews, Tommy Shipp, Shavon Halford, Donnie
Griggers, Gary Gibson, Larry Tranum and Tony Weaver. Matthew Davis was the
team’s manager, and Gene Shipp was assistant manager.
Aug. 18, 1968 – Marine PFC Douglas Sidney Scroggins of Wing
in Covington County, Ala. was killed in action in Vietnam.
Aug. 18, 1973 - Hank Aaron set a major league record with
his 1,378th extra base.
Aug. 18, 1980 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals had
his batting average reach the .400 mark.
Aug. 18, 1981 - Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia
took out an insurance policy with Lloyd’s of London. The All-American was
insured for one million dollars.
Aug. 18, 1981 – The Evergreen City Council approved a
resolution in favor of providing a public defender for defendants in city
court. An attorney was to be appointed to represent indigent defendants,
according to the resolution.
Aug. 18, 1982 - The longest baseball game played at Wrigley
Field in Chicago went 21 innings before the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the
Cubs, 2-1.
Aug. 18, 1984 – An open ladies softball tournament was
scheduled to be played in Atmore, Ala.
Aug. 18, 1987 - Earl Campbell announced his retirement from
the National Football League.
Aug. 18, 1990 - The first shots were fired by the U.S. in
the Persian Gulf Crisis when a U.S. frigate fired rounds across the bow of an
Iraqi oil tanker.
Aug. 18, 1992 - Kurt Cobain of the band, Nirvana, and
Courtney Love of Hole became parents to daughter Frances Bean.
Aug. 18, 1994 – Ronnie Brogden was sworn in as
Superintendent of Education for Conecuh County Schools by Probate Judge Rogene
Booker. Brogden was selected to fill the unexpired term of former
superintendent, Steve Coker.
Aug. 18, 1995 - Tom Henke of St. Louis became only the
seventh major league player to record 300 saves.
Aug. 18, 1996 - Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox became
the fourth player to reach 100 RBIs in each of his first six seasons.
Aug. 18, 1996 - Wade Boggs became the 41st major league
player to get 2,000 career singles.
Aug. 18, 2004 – Carlisle Hall, near Marion, Ala., was
designated a National Historic Landmark. (13 Alabama Ghosts)
Aug. 18, 2006 - Alabama’s first-ever regulated alligator hunting
season was scheduled to begin in portions of Baldwin and Mobile counties. Fifty
hunters were to be randomly chose by computer for an Alligator Possession Tag,
and the season was scheduled to end on Aug. 24.
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