William 'Billy Goat' Sianis and his goat. |
Oct. 6, 1539 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his
army enter the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Fla.) by
force.
Oct. 6, 1540 – The DeSoto Expedition stopped at the ancient
Indian village of Kaxa on the Alabama River just south of the mouth of Cedar
Creek in Dallas County, Ala.
Oct. 6, 1641 – Dutch explorer Matthijs Quast died at the age
of 75. He had made several voyages for the Dutch East India Co. to Japan, China
and Siam.
Oct. 6, 1723 – Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia at
the age of 17.
Oct. 6, 1777 – During the American Revolutionary War,
General Sir Henry Clinton led 3,000 British troops in the capture of
Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and
Montgomery in what is now Orange County, N.Y. Both forts were captured and then
burned to the ground. The Americans lost nearly 300 men and the British lost
200 of the 3,000 men they used in the attack.
Oct. 6, 1824 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette was escorted to Wilmington, Delaware by the Grand Lodge of
Delaware Masons.
Oct. 6, 1829 - Alabama author Kittrell J. Warren was born in
Clarke County, Ala.
Oct. 6, 1829 – Dugald McMillan named postmaster at “Burnt
Corn Corners.” (Some sources say John Walter became postmaster on this day.)
Oct. 6, 1847 - "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte was
first published in London.
Oct. 6, 1861 – During the Civil War, the Pony Express, after
only 18 months, was discontinued.
Oct. 6, 1863 - Confederate guerilla leader William Clarke
Quantrill attacked Baxter Springs, Kansas. Although he failed to capture the
Union stronghold, his men massacred a Federal detachment that happened to be
traveling nearby. Quantrill and his men continued south to Texas, raiding
homesteads and attacking Native American communities along the way
Oct. 6, 1864 – During the Civil War, multiple skirmishes
occurred in and about Florence, Ala.
Oct. 6, 1866 – The first railroad holdup of a moving train
in the United States is generally believed to have been committed on this day
in Seymour, Indiana by the Reno Brothers. They got away with $10,000.
Oct. 6, 1873 – Polish-English geologist and explorer Pawel
Strzelecki died at the age of 76 in London of liver cancer and was buried in
Kensal Green Cemetery. In 1997 his remains were transferred to the crypt of
merit of St. Wojciech Church in his home town of Poznań, Poland.
Oct. 6, 1880 - The National League kicked the Cincinnati
Reds out for selling beer.
Oct. 6, 1889 – American inventor Thomas Edison showed his
first motion picture.
Oct. 6, 1890 - Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church.
Oct. 6, 1914 – Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl was born in
Larvik, Norway.
Oct. 6, 1923 – Forest Home native and Philadelphia Phillies
catcher Douglas Woolley “Dixie” Parker played in his final major league game, a
4-1 loss to the Boston Braves in Boston. The Butler County, Ala. native was 28
years old.
Oct. 6, 1925 – The Blacksher estate property was sold at
auction by the Britt Davis Auction Co. of Monroeville, including 1,500 acres of
choice farm land, much of which had already been improved and in production,
including a 240-acre peach orchard, 160 acres of satsumas and 250 acres of
pecan trees.
Oct. 6, 1926 - Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hit a record three
homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth game of the World Series.
The Yanks won the game, 10-5.
Oct. 6, 1933 – Opp High School beat Evergreen High School,
6-0, in Evergreen, Ala.
Oct. 6, 1935 – The baseball team from Bagdad was
scheduled to play a rematch against Evergreen at 3 p.m. in Evergreen, Ala. after beating
them on Sept. 29 in Bagdad. Evergreen’s projected line-up for the Oct. 6 game
included Melton, Barfield, Hitchcock, Kendall, T. Seabrook, Hanna, H. Hanna, B.
Lewis, Newton, Wilson, Carnathan with Hyde and Jones as pitchers.
Oct. 6, 1939 - The Chambers-Lazenby Motor Co. in
Monroeville, Ala. began displaying the new 1940 Ford in their show room.
Oct. 6, 1941 – The young son of Willie Paralee was seriously
injured on this Monday night when he dashed into the path of an automobile
driven by Ted Bates on Highway 31 near the Montgomery Oak Flooring Co. mill in
Evergreen, Ala. The child was carried to the Carter Hospital in Repton
immediately after the accident and as of Oct. 8 was still living.
Oct. 6, 1942
- Author Betsy Hearne was born in Wilsonville, Ala.
Oct. 6, 1945 – Greek tavern-owner William “Billy Goat”
Sianis and his pet billy goat “Murphy” were ejected from Wrigley Field during
Game 4 of the 1945 World Series, resulting, some say, in the “Curse of the
Billy Goat.”
Oct. 6, 1948 - "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee
Williams opened on Broadway.
Oct. 6, 1952 – Automobile dealer Charles W. Cole ended his
term of service as Monroeville, Alabama’s mayor. He was elected in 1944, but
didn’t run for re-election in 1948. However, when newly elected mayor Fred
Fountain passed away in 1949, the Monroeville City Council picked Cole to
fulfill Fountain’s unexpired term.
Oct. 6, 1958 – Spy novelist Joseph Finder was born in
Chicago.
Oct. 6, 1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy urged every
“prudent family” in America to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in
the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
Oct. 6, 1967 - Alabama journalist Eddy Gilmore died in East
Grinstead, England.
Oct. 6, 1972 – J.F. Shields High School dedicated the school’s
new football field during their first ever game at “The Pit” in Beatrice, Ala.
They beat McIntosh, 12-0.
Oct. 6, 1978 – Evergreen High School won its fourth straight
game by beating J.F. Shields, 14-12, in Beatrice, Ala. Quarterback Michael
Adams and Sanford Moye scored touchdowns for Evergreen, and Calvin Middleton
scored a two-point conversion. Wendell Parker led Evergreen’s defense with 11
tackles.
Oct. 6, 1978 – Escambia Academy beat Sparta Academy, 33-6,
in Evergreen, Ala. Junior running back Ronny McKenzie led Sparta’s offense with
26 carries for 194 yards and the team’s only touchdown. Greg Anthony led
Sparta’s defense with seven solos and 11 assists.
Oct. 6, 1980 – The Port Henry Village Board of Trustees
passed a resolution granting protection of the serpentine creatures along the
shores of 109-mile Lake Champlain in New York.
Oct. 6, 1981 – A Monroe County jury awarded $18,000 to
Cornelia Dennis of Peterman, Ala., who claimed she was allowed to fall and
break her hip while she was in Monroe County Hospital’s intensive coronary care
unit in 1979.
Oct. 6, 1981 – Monroe County, Alabama’s fall grand jury
indicted 48 people, including 47 for felonies. The grand jury, which was
composed of 18 jurors chosen at random from 90 called to serve, was empanelled
on Oct. 5 by Circuit Judge Robert E.L. Key and reported on Oct. 7.
Oct. 6, 1985 - Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers set an
NFL record with 57 pass attempts. He threw for five touchdowns and 429 yards.
Oct. 6, 1990 - Metallica began recording their self-titled
album (also known as The Black Album).
Oct. 6, 1995 - The first discovery of a planet orbiting a
star similar to the sun was announced. It was a Jupiter-sized planet around the
star 51 Pegasus, some 50 light-years away.
Oct. 6, 1998 – The band “Alabama” received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Oct. 6, 2003 - The Indianapolis Colts became the first team
in NFL history to win after trailing by 21 or more points with less than four
minutes to play in regulation. The game went to an extra period where the Colts
defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-35.
Oct. 6, 2007 – Jason Lewis and the Expedition 360 team
completed the first entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
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