Grave of John S. Crawford at Burnt Corn. |
Feb. 10, 1258 – Baghdad fell to the Mongols, and the Abbasid
Caliphate was destroyed.
Feb. 10, 1763 – The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the French
and Indian War, and France ceded Quebec to Great Britain.
Feb. 10, 1779 - The Battle of Carr's Fort took place in
Wilkes County, Ga. Colonel Andrew Pickens of South Carolina with Colonel John
Dooly and Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clarke of Georgia led 340 men in an attack
against a group of approximately 200 Loyalists under the command of Colonel
John Hamilton. The Patriots abandoned the seige when they learned that several
hundred loyalists were approaching to support Hamilton. The loyalists were
surprised and routed at the Battle of Kettle Creek.
Feb. 10, 1840 – John S. Crawford was born in Burnt Corn,
Ala. He would go on to serve in Co. B, 3rd Alabama Confederate Cavalry
Regiment, nicknamed “The Monroe Blues,” during the Civil War. He enlisted in
Monroe County on Sept. 29, 1861 and was taken prisoner in Shelbyville, Tenn. He
died on Dec. 19, 1928 and is buried at Old Bethany Baptist Church at Burnt
Corn, Ala.
Feb. 10, 1857 – English-Canadian surveyor and explorer David
Thompson died at the age of 86 in Longueuil, Canada East.
Feb. 10, 1861 – Former U.S. Senator from Mississippi and
U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, was notified by telegraph that he had
been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. Davis
remained president of the Confederacy until its government was dissolved on May
5, 1865. Less than a week later, he was captured by the Union and jailed for
two years. He died at age 81 in New Orleans in 1889.
Feb. 10, 1862 – During the Civil War, a naval action occurred at Elizabeth City, N.C., where Confederate forces lost five vessels, and a skirmish was fought at Barnwell’s Island, S.C.
Feb. 10, 1862 – During the Civil War, a Union naval flotilla
destroyed the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth
City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
Feb. 10, 1862 – Richard Hartsfield, 31, of Butler County,
Ala. was said to have been murdered by two slaves, Simon and Lewis, at
Monterey. A few days later, a large mob would burn Simon and Lewis to death as
punishment. (The History of Butler County, pages 124-128)
Feb. 10, 1863 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought near Van Buren, Ark.; at Old River, La.; at Camp Sheldon, Miss.; at Sarcoxie Prairie, Mo.; at Batchelder’s Creek, N.C.; and at Chantilly, Va. Five days of Federal operations began along the Red, Atchafalaya and Black Rivers in Louisiana. Six days of Federal operations began in Westmoreland and Richmond Counties in Virginia. Three days of Federal operations from Beverly into Pocahontas County, West Virginia began.
Feb. 10, 1863 - PT Barnum staged the wedding of little
people Gen. Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren.
Feb. 10, 1864 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought
at Lake Village, Ark.; at Lake City and Barber's Ford, Fla.; at Friar’s Point,
Hillsboro and Morton, Miss. and at Pocahontas, Mo. Camp Cooper, Fla. was also
captured, and the USS Florida captured and destroyed two blockade runners off
Masonbrough Inlet, N.C.
Feb. 10, 1865 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fough at Johnson's Crook, Ga.; at Kittredge's Sugar House near Napoleonville, La.; at James Island and Johnson’s Station, S.C.; and in the vicinity of Triune, Tenn. Two days of Federal operations began between Brashear City and Lake Verret, La., and a two-day Federal operation began between Thibodeaux and Lake Verret, La. A single day of Federal reconnaissance out from Friar’s Point, Miss. began.
Feb. 10, 1865 – During the Civil War, Captain Raphael Semmes was promoted to Confederate Rear Admiral and placed in command of the James River Squadron in Virginia.
Feb. 10, 1879 - The electric arc light was used for the
first time.
Feb. 10, 1881 - The Alabama Legislature established Tuskegee
Institute as a "normal school for the education of colored teachers."
The law stipulated that no tuition would be charged and graduates must agree to
teach for two years in Alabama schools. Booker T. Washington was chosen as the
first superintendent and arrived in Alabama in June 1881. Washington's
leadership would make Tuskegee one of the most famous and celebrated historic
black colleges in the U.S.
Feb. 10, 1890 – Russian novelist Boris Pasternak, who is
best known for his 1957 novel, “Doctor Zhivago,” was born in Moscow.
Feb. 10, 1897 - "The New York Times" began
printing "All the news that's fit to print" on their front page.
Feb. 10, 1898 – Playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht was born
in Augsburg, Germany.
Feb. 10, 1915 - Alabama journalist Grover C. Hall Jr. was
born in Montgomery, Ala.
Feb. 10, 1916 – In this day’s edition of The Conecuh
Record, Editor J.C. Whitcomb told readers that “owing to circumstances beyond
our control, we are late in going to press this week, will endeavor so to be on
time in the future.”
Feb. 10, 1920 - Major League Baseball representatives
outlawed pitches that involve tampering with the ball.
Feb. 10, 1922 – In the fictional video game, “Call of
Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth,” private investigator Jack Walters was
rescued by the USS Urania, a Coast Guard cutter which was part of a group
heading to Devil's Reef, following up on a lead provided by the FBI. On the way
there, wizards on the reef summoned powerful tidal waves to destroy the
flotilla, but Jack killed them.
Feb. 10, 1928 – Confederate veteran Howell Crenshaw of
Evergreen, Ala. passed away at the age of 97 (or 98). Born in Warrenton County,
Ga. on July 10, 1830 (or 1831), Crenshaw served with Co. B and Co. D of the 17th
Alabama Infantry. He was captured at the end of the war near Notasulga.
Feb. 10, 1943 – Little Eva crash survivor 2nd Lt. John Dyer
died.
Feb. 10, 1946 – Baseball legend Jackie Robinson and Rachel
Isum were married.
Feb. 10, 1954 – United States President Dwight Eisenhower
warned against United States intervention in Vietnam.
Feb. 10, 1955 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Wayne
Thames had been named Alabama’s “Future Farmer of the Year” and that he would
receive the $300 Turner E. Smith Educational Award and an engraved cup during
the State FFA Convention in June. Thames was a member of the Lyeffion FFA
Chapter and “was selected on a basis of his leadership in FFA, school and community
in addition to his outstanding farming program.”
Feb. 10, 1961 - The American Football League's Los Angeles
franchise was transferred to San Diego.
Feb. 10, 1965 - Viet Cong guerrillas blew up the U.S. barracks at Qui Nhon, 75 miles east of Pleiku on the central coast, with a 100-pound explosive charge under the building. A total of 23 U.S. personnel were killed, as well as two Viet Cong. In response to the attack, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a retaliatory air strike operation on North Vietnam called Flaming Dart II.
Feb. 10, 1967 - The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
was ratified. The amendment required the appointment of a vice-president when
that office became vacant and instituted new measures in the event of
presidential disability.
Feb. 10, 1969 – Sarah Matthews allegedly shot Matthew
Stallworth, 35, an Evergreen city sanitation department worker, with a .22
caliber pistol on this Monday night in Evergreen. Matthews allegedly fired
three shots, and one round hit Stallworth in the back of the head. The wound
was not considered serious because he was back at work the following day.
Evergreen policemen Tal Smith and Henry C. Jackson arrested Matthews on charges
of assault with the intent to murder and she was turned over to Sheriff James
“Shorty” Brock.
Feb. 10, 1970 – Walter Poole and Eugene Darby were elected
to Sparta Academy’s board of directors, increasing the board’s membership from
five members to seven. The other board members included Eldon Scott, president;
Sam Cope, Dr. Cecil Price, L.W. Price Jr. and John Greel Ralls. The board also
scheduled a March 3 open meeting at the Murphy Club in Evergreen, Ala. to allow
parents to receive information about the school.
Feb. 10, 1970 – Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad, who is
best known for her 2003 book, “The Bookseller of Kabul,” was born in Oslo.
Feb. 10, 1971 - Four journalists, including photographer Larry Burrows of Life magazine, Kent Potter of United Press International, Nenri Huett of the Associated Press, and Keisaburo Shimamoto of Newsweek, died in a South Vietnamese helicopter operating in Laos. The journalists had been covering Operation Lam Son 719, a limited attack into Laos by South Vietnamese forces, when their helicopter crashed.
Feb. 10, 1976 – Major League Baseball outfielder and first
baseman Lance Berkman was born in Waco, Texas. He went on to play for the Housto
Astros, the New York Yankees, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers.
Feb. 10, 1980 – Nine years after the famous D.B. Cooper
hijacking, eight-year-old Brian Ingram uncovered a package in the sand along
the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon that contained three packs of $20
bills from the hijacking.
Feb. 10, 1985 – Mildred Riggs Price, 67, of 102 South Main
St. in Evergreen, Ala. passed away in a Brewton nursing home. She was a retired
school teacher who taught in Conecuh County schools for over 30 years. Her late
husband, Dr. Everette Price, was the county coroner for over 40 years.
Feb. 10, 1996 - Chess champ Gary Kasparov was defeated by
Deep Blue, the IBM computer.
Feb. 10, 2000 – The Bank of Evergreen (Ala.) announced that
Timothy P. Dantz had joined their staff as Executive Vice President.
Feb. 10, 2003 – France and Belgium broke the NATO procedure
of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in
case of a possible war with Iraq.
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