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Oct. 4, 1535 – The first complete English-language Bible
(the Coverdale Bible) was printed in Zurich, Switzerland, with translations by
William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
Oct. 4, 1648 - The first volunteer fire department was established
in New York by Peter Stuyvesant.
Oct. 4, 1775 - Dr. Benjamin Church, the first surgeon
general of the Continental Army, was court martialed for spying for the
British. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Oct. 4, 1777 – At the Battle of Germantown, 11,000 Patriot
troops under George Washington were repelled by 9,000 British troops under Sir
William Howe at Germantown, Pa., five miles north of the British-occupied
capital city of Philadelphia. Both sides suffered heavy losses in battle and
while the battle was seen as British victory, it actually served as a moral
booster to the Americans.
Oct. 4, 1804 – Ephraim Kirby, the first Judge of the
Superior Court of the Mississippi Territory, died from a fever at the age of 47
and was buried at Fort Stoddert near Mount Vernon, Ala. A Revolutionary War
soldier and the first General High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of the
United States, he was born in Woodbury, Conn. on Feb. 23, 1757. A marker in his
memory was placed at the intersection of Old US Highway 43 and Military Road in
Mount Vernon.
Oct. 4, 1813 – The “Bashi Skirmish” occurred at Failetown,
between Campbell and Woods Bluff in Clarke County, Ala.
Oct. 4, 1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, who would go on to serve
as the 19th President of the United States, was born in Delaware, Ohio.
Oct. 4, 1850 – Jacob F. Betts became postmaster at Burnt
Corn, Ala.
Oct. 4, 1858 - Dr. Joseph Henry Johnson founded the Alabama
School for the Deaf in Talladega, enrolling his younger brother as the first
student. The school evolved into the state-supported Alabama Institute for
Deaf and Blind, which annually serves thousands with a variety of programs.
Oct. 4, 1861 – During the Civil War, U.S. President Abraham
Lincoln observed a balloon demonstration near Washington, DC. Both Confederate
and Union armies experimented with using balloons to gather military
intelligence in the early stages of the war, but the balloons proved to be
dangerous and impractical for most situations.
Oct. 4, 1862 – Edward L. Stratemeyer was born in Elizabeth,
N.J. He is best known as the creator of the Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins, the
Rover Boys and Nancy Drew.
Oct. 4, 1883 – The first run of the Orient Express train
took place. The Orient Express ceased operation in 2009.
Oct. 4, 1884 – Journalist and fiction writer Damon Runyon
was born Alfred Damon Runyon in Manhattan, Kansas. He became one of the early
baseball journalists, when the sport was just taking off, but he is best
remembered for his musical “Guys and Dolls,” which was based on several of his
short stories and characters he created.
Oct. 4, 1887 – Marion Military Institute in Perry County,
Ala. opened the doors of the former Howard College campus to new students.
Oct. 4, 1893 - The first professional football contract was
signed by Grant Dibert for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.
Oct. 4, 1895 – Comedian Buster Keaton was born Joseph Frank
Keaton in Piqua, Kansas.
Oct. 4, 1897 – Dr. J.W. Shomo of Mt. Pleasant, Ala. passed
away.
Oct. 4, 1915 – The public school in Conecuh County, Alabama’s
Effie community opened with Gertrude Powell of Geneva County as principal.
Other faculty members included Corinne Melton of Pine Apple and Irene McCrory
of Repton.
Oct. 4, 1915 - The Dinosaur National Monument was
established. The area covered part of Utah and Colorado.
Oct. 4, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. William H.
Stinson of Georgiana, Ala.; Army Pvt. Albert E. Stanton of Canoe, Ala.; and
Army Pvt. Arthur L. Perrett of Andalusia, Ala. “died from disease.”
Oct. 4, 1919 - A movie version of Alabama author Mary McNeil
Fenollosa's book “The Dragon Painter”
was released.
Oct. 4, 1923 - Journalist Harold Eugene Martin was born in
Cullman, Ala.
Oct. 4, 1927 – Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Oct. 4, 1929 - A movie version of Alabama author Octavus Roy
Cohen's book “Why Bring That Up?”
was released.
Oct. 3, 1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" made
its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror. The strip was created by Chester Gould.
Oct. 4, 1937 - Hugo Black, a native of Clay County, Ala.,
took his seat as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Black studied
law at the University of Alabama, served in World War I, and represented
Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1927 until 1937, when he was appointed to the
Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Black served on the court until
his death in 1971.
Oct. 4, 1941 – Horror writer Anne Rice was born in New Orleans.
Oct. 4, 1944 – National Baseball Hall of Fame infielder and
manager Tony La Russa was born in Tampa, Fla. During his career, he played for
the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs and
he managed the Chicago White Sox, the Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.
Oct. 4, 1955 - The Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series at
last, beating the New York Yankees, 2-0. They’d lost the championship seven
times already, and they’d lost five times just to the Yanks--in 1941, 1947,
1949, 1952 and 1953. But in 1955, thanks to nine brilliant innings in the
seventh game from 23-year-old lefty pitcher Johnny Podres, they finally managed
to beat the Bombers for the first (and last) time.
Oct. 4, 1956 – Repton High School, under head coach Mack
Primm, beat Lyeffion High School, 7-0, at Lyeffion, Ala. on this Thursday
night. Franklin Baggett’s 25-yard touchdown run, and Terry Nall’s extra-point
run were the only points of the game. “The game was played on a very wet, soggy
field. After a few minutes of play, the numbers were almost completely
indistinct, and at the half, the only way the fans could tell Repton players
from Lyeffion players was the Repton was wearing white helmets while Lyeffion
wore gold helmets.”
Oct. 4, 1959 - The first World Series to be played west of
St. Louis began in Los Angeles, Calif. between the Dodgers and the Chicago
White Sox.
Oct. 4-6, 1959 – “The Horse Soldiers – The Story of a Civil
War Cavalry Raid,” starring John Wayne and William Holden and directed by John
Ford, was scheduled to be shown at the Pix Theatre in Evergreen, Ala.
Oct. 4, 1960 – The Nelson News told of the frightening
run-in that John Bringsli, for more than 35 years an experienced woodsman,
hunter and fisherman in the Kootenay district of Canada, had with an unknown
monster while he was picking huckleberries near Lemon Creek. He described the
creature as seven to nine feet tall with long legs and powerful arms covered
with hair. It had wide shoulders and a flat face with ears flat against the
side of its head.
Oct. 4, 1963 – In a game in which players from both teams
were sideline by a virus, W.S. Neal beat Evergreen, 13-6, at Brooks Memorial
Stadium in Evergreen. Allen Goolsby scored Neal’s first touchdown, and Wayne
Baldwin scored the PAT. Larry Ellis scored Evergreen’s only touchdown.
Oct. 4, 1968 (1969?) – In Lovecraftian fiction, many believe
British occultist and psychic Titus Crow died when Blowne Manor was destroyed
by occult forces on this date. In truth, he lives on in Elysia, and some
sources say a freak windstorm destroyed the manor house.
Oct. 4, 1972 – Huntsville, Ala. native Don Minch made his
last Major League appearance with the Oakland Athletics.
Oct. 4, 1976 – American actress, producer, and author Alicia
Silverstone was born in San Francisco, Calif.
Oct. 4, 1976 – Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck was born in Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. He is famous for his
speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps.
Oct. 4, 1978 – Estelle Johnson, “one of Conecuh County’s
more senior citizens,” passed away at the age of 100 at her residence in Burnt
Corn, Ala.
Oct. 4, 1981 – National Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman
and outfielder Freddie Lindstrom passed away at the age of 75 in Chicago, Ill.
During his career, he played for the New York Giants, the Pittsburgh Pirates,
the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was inducted into the Hall of
Fame in 1976.
Oct. 4, 1984 – The Monroe Journal reported that Monroe
County native Joe McKissick, 46, had bought the Frisco City IGA from Alvin and
Judy Smith. The store had been in Judy Smith’s family since 1959 when the store
was started by her father, Henry Rowell, and Pete Kelly.
Oct. 4, 1986 - Two men mugged Dan Rather as he was walking
along Park Avenue in Manhattan to his New York City apartment. He was attacked
and punched from behind by a man who demanded to know, "Kenneth, what is
the frequency?" while a second assailant also chased and beat him. As the
assailant pummeled and kicked Rather, he kept repeating the question over and
over again. The incident inspired the 1994 R.E.M. song, “What’s the Frequency,
Kenneth?”
Oct. 4, 1987 – National Football League owners used
replacement personnel to play games despite the player's strike.
Oct. 4, 1993 – The Evergreen Baptist Church, Old Beulah
Cemetery, Dr. Watkins House at Burnt Corn and the Asa Johnston Farmhouse at
Johnsonville were added to Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Oct. 4, 1993 - Dozens of Somalis dragged an American soldier
through the streets of Mogadishu. A videotape showed Michael Durant being taken
prisoner by Somali militants.
Oct. 4, 1997 – Former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who is
known for his controversial views on UFOs, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut
Hall of Fame.
Oct. 4, 1998 – On this night, seven hunters sitting around a
campfire near Mud Springs in Trinity County, Calif., about 200 miles from San
Francisco, heard a rustling in the bushes. When one of the men got his
flashlight and went to investigate the noise, he saw an enormous manbeast that
he estimated to be about nine feet tall, standing about 50 yards away on the
other side of a creek. The next morning, the hunters were able to find
human-like tracks in the area that measured six inches wide and 20 inches long.
Oct. 4, 1999 – Vredenburgh, Ala. native Mike Stewart’s first
novel, “Sins of the Brother,” was first released.
Oct. 4, 2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit
his 70th home run of the season to tie Mark McGwire's Major League record.
Bonds also moved past Reggie Jackson on the all-time list with his 564th career
home run.
Oct. 4, 2001 - Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres
scored his 2,246th career run to break Ty Cobb's Major League record.
Oct. 4, 2004 – Evergreen mayor-elect Larry Fluker and
newly-elected members of the Evergreen City Council were scheduled to be sworn
in during an inaugural ceremony at Reid State Technical College at 5 p.m.
Conecuh County native, Judge Sue Bell Cobb, who was a member of the Alabama
Court of Criminal Appeals, was to administer the oaths of office to Fluker and
the council members.
Oct. 4, 2013 – “Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell” premiered on
the Discovery Channel in the UK.
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