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June 26, 1284 - It was said that the Pied Piper of Hamelin,
Germany lured 130 children out of town, and they were never seen again.
June 26, 1541 - Spanish explorer and politician Francisco
Pizarro, who was between 65 and 70 years old, was assassinated while eating
dinner at his palace in Lima by the son of his former companion and later
antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
Pizarro was the governor of Peru and conqueror of the Inca civilization.
June 26, 1776 - John Adams, who would go on to become the
second President of the United States of America, wrote a letter to his wife
Abigail in which he complained that the Congress was giving him "more
business than I am qualified for, and more than, I fear, that I can go through,
with safety to my health."
June 26, 1784 - Delaware Patriot
Caesar Rodney passed away at the age of 55 in Kent County, Delaware. Rodney is
best remembered for his overnight ride from Dover, Delaware to Philadelphia,
Pa. to cast the deciding vote for the Declaration of Independence in the
Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. The image of Rodney on horseback riding
for Philadelphia appears on the Delaware quarter, issued in 1999.
June 26, 1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the
mouth of the Kansas River after completing a westward trek of nearly 400 river
miles.
June 26, 1819 – Union General Abner Doubleday was born in
Ballston Spa, N.Y. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the
opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the
Battle of Gettysburg. Doubleday has been historically credited with inventing
baseball, although this appears to be untrue.
June 26, 1861 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Frankfort and Patterson's Creek, West Virginia.
June 26, 1862 - At the Battle of Mechanicsville, Va.,
Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia struck Union
General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, beginning the Seven Days'
Battles. This was Lee’s first battle as commander of the army. McClellan
eventually withdrew back toward Washington after both sides suffered heavy
losses. Lee lost 1,475 men; Union losses were only 361.
June 26, 1862 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Cherry Grove, Mo.; and at Meadow Bridge, Hanover Court House, and Atlee's Station, Virginia.
June 26, 1863 – During the Civil War, Jubal Early and his Confederate forces moved through Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the way toward York.
June 26, 1863 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; at Beech Grove, Tennessee; and at Messinger's Ferry, Mississippi.
June 26, 1863 – During the Civil War, the siege at Vicksburg, Miss. entered Day 39.
June 26, 1864 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought near Clarendon, Arkansas; and at Smithfield and Springfield, West Virginia. An affair also occurred near Sedina, Missouri.
June 26, 1891 - Alabama author Octavus Roy Cohen was born in
Charleston, S.C.
June 26, 1892 – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Pearl Buck
was born in Hillsboro, W.V. Her most famous novel, “The Good Earth,” was
published in 1931.
June 26, 1898 – Blues musician Big Bill Broonzy was born in
Scott, Miss. (Some sources say he was born in Lake Dick, Ark. and in 1893.)
June 26, 1900 - A commission that included Dr. Walter Reed
began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.
June 26, 1905 – The cases against the boys who were indicted
by the grand jury for playing ball in Camden on Sunday came before the Wilcox
County Court, and the cases were nol prossed on the promise that they would no
longer play ball on Sunday.
June 26, 1912 – Confederate soldier James W. Darby of
Garland, Ala. passed away. He was about 73 years old.
June 26, 1912 – The Evergreen Courant reported that W.W.
Pridgen and Walter Lee had attended the Republican Convention in Chicago the
week before and that week they were at the Democratic Convention in Baltimore.
The Courant also reported that Judge Dean, C.P. Deming, W.M. Newton and J.F.
Irwin were in Baltimore “looking on” at the Democratic National Convention.
June 26, 1912 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Wm.
Bragg, a prominent banker of Ft. Deposit, was a guest of his brother, John
Bragg, several days during the previous week.
June 26, 1914 – The Evergreen Courant reported that the
thermometer topped 106 degrees in Evergreen, Ala., making it “the hottest day
known in Evergreen for many years. The temperature for four days previous
ranged from 102 to 105. The weather bureau states it a fact that this has been
the hottest June since 1881.”
June 26, 1915 – On this Saturday afternoon John Salter and
Robert Watkins made a full confession to the brutal murder of Martha Lassiter,
the attempted murder of Wiley House and the robbery and burning of House’s residence
near Burnt Corn on June 23, 2015. Also on this afternoon, Sheriff Williams and
several deputies, as a precaution, transferred Salter and Watkins to the
Montgomery County Jail by automobile.
June 26, 1915 – During a baseball game on this Saturday
afternoon at Jeddo, J.C. Kyle was “hit on the side of his face by a pitched
ball,” resulting in a fractured jawbone. He was taken to Dr. G.H. Harper at
Uriah for treatment.
June 26, 1916 - The Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland
Indians appeared in a game with numbers on their sleeves. The event marked the
first time that players were identified by numbers that corresponded to the
scoreboard.
June 26, 1916 – Children’s book author Walter Farley was born
in Syracuse, N.Y. He is best known for his 1941 book, “The Black Stallion.”
June 26, 1917 – The first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops begin
arriving in France at the port of Saint Nazaire during World War I.
June 26, 1923 - Alabama author Alfred Maund was born in
Jennings, La.
June 26, 1928 - Alabama author Amelie Rives's play “Say When” opened on Broadway.
June 26, 1934 - Alabama author Carl Carmer's book “Stars Fell on Alabama” was published.
June 26, 1938 - Lonney Frey of the Cincinnati Reds had eight
hits in a doubleheader split with the Philadelphia Phillies.
June 26, 1939 - M.E. Skinner brought the first open cotton
boll of the season to The Monroe Journal office on this Monday from his farm
north of Monroe Station.
June 26, 1944 - The New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and
New York Yankees played against each other in a six-inning contest in a war
bonds fund-raiser. Over 50,000 people watched the game. The final score was
Dodgers 5, Yankees 1 and the Giants 0.
June 26, 1944
– The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between
Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ended with the defeat of the latter.
June 26, 1946 - A movie version of Alabama author Lillian
Hellman's play “The Searching Wind”
was released.
June 26, 1946
– German SS officer Max Kögel committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell
in Schwabach, West Germany.
June 26, 1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story “The Lottery”
was published in The New Yorker magazine.
June 26, 1952 – Evergreen’s Junior American Legion baseball
team was scheduled to play a rematch against Andalusia at Brooks Stadium in Evergreen,
Ala. on this Thursday afternoon. Two days before, Andalusia beat Evergreen,
8-7, in Andalusia.
June 26, 1952 – The Evergreen Courant reported that the
“sweltering weather” that had gripped Conecuh County, Ala. for the previous two
weeks looked to continue with little relief in sight. Conecuh County had
received scattered showers during this time, but there had been no “general
rains” thus far in June. Virtually every day during this time, the temperature
had “soared into the upper nineties” with the high reaching 100 degrees on June
15.
June 26-27, 1952 – “A Streetcar Named Desire,” starring
Marlon Brando and Vivien Lee, was scheduled to be shown at The Pix Theater in
Evergreen, Ala.
June 26, 1959 – Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson became
world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating american Floyd Patterson on
technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at
Yankee Stadium.
June 26, 1961 - A Kuwaiti vote opposed Iraq's annexation
plans.
June 26, 1962 - Earl Wilson of the Boston Red Sox pitched a
2-0 no-hitter against the Los Angeles Angels. Wilson also hit a home run.
June 26, 1965 - Gen. William Westmoreland, senior U.S. military commander in Vietnam, was given formal authority to commit American troops to battle when he decided they were necessary “to strengthen the relative position of the GVN [Government of Vietnam] forces.” This authorization permitted Westmoreland to put his forces on the offensive. Heretofore, U.S. combat forces had been restricted to protecting U.S. airbases and other facilities.
June 26, 1968 – Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Shannon
Sharpe was born in Chicago, Ill. He went on to play for Savannah State, the
Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame
in 2011.
June 26, 1969 – The Monroe Journal reported that Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Stewart and son, David, visited Steve Stewart in Augusta, Ga. over
the previous weekend.
June 26-July 6, 1969 - The 26th Annual Beulah Camp Meeting
was scheduled to be held at the camp grounds near Excel.
June 26, 1969 – The Monroe Journal reported that Marine
Private First Class Earnest R. Talbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Talbert of
Route 1, Beatrice, was serving with the Third Battalion, Fourth Marine
Regiment, Third Marine Division, Vietnam. The battalion had been conducting
sweep and clear operations just south of the Demilitarized Zone.
June 26, 1970 - Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles hit
two grand slams against the Washington Senators in a 12-2 win.
June 26, 1971 - The U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant
for Daniel Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the “Pentagon Papers.”
June 26, 1972 - The shift of fighter-bomber squadrons, involving up to 150 U.S. planes and more than 2,000 pilots from Da Nang, to bases in Thailand was completed. The shift was necessitated by the pending withdrawal of the U.S. infantry brigade that provided security for flyers at Da Nang. The departure of the U.S. unit was part of President Richard Nixon’s Vietnamization program that he had instituted in June 1969. Under this program, the responsibility for the war was to be gradually transferred to the South Vietnamese so U.S. forces could be withdrawn.
June 26, 1974 - Supermarket scanning of UPC codes began with
a pack of chewing gum in Troy, Ohio. The first scan was made at a Marsh’s
Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, which had agreed to serve as a test facility for the
new technology, and the first item scanned was a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit
Gum. That pack of gum is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
American History in Washington, D.C.
June 26, 1976 - Shortstop Toby Harrah of the Texas Rangers
played an entire doubleheader without handling a batted ball from the Chicago
White Sox.
June 26, 1976
– NFL quarterback Chad Pennington was born in Knoxville, Tenn. He went on to
play for Marshall, the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins.
June 26, 1982 – The Lyeffion Saddle Club was scheduled to
hold a horse show on this Saturday starting at 5 p.m.
June 26, 1982 – A ladies slow pitch softball tournament,
sponsored by the China Ladies Softball Club, was scheduled to be held on this
Saturday at Evergreen Municipal Park in Evergreen, Ala.
June 26, 1984 - Kerney Windham, who was Chief of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resources Branch in Mobile, announced on this
Tuesday that the Corps would begin accepting bids for construction of a
proposed boat ramp to be built near the Claiborne Lock and Dam in August of
this year. The ramp was to be built about a mile below the dam on the east
bank, according to Windham.
June 26, 1985 - Wilbur Snapp was ejected after playing
"Three Blind Mice" during a baseball game. The incident followed a
call made by umpire Keith O'Connor.
June 26, 1987 – “Full
Metal Jacket,” a movie version of Alabama author Gustav Hasford's
book “The Short-Timers,” was
released.
June 26, 1993 – National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Roy
Campanella passed away at the age of 71 in Woodland Hills, Calif. He played his
entire career (1948-1957) for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was inducted into the
Hall of Fame in 1969.
June 26, 1993 – In retaliation for
an Iraqi plot to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush during his April
visit to Kuwait, President Bill Clinton ordered U.S. warships to fire Tomahawk
cruise missiles at Iraqi intelligence headquarters in downtown Baghdad.
June 26, 1997 – Hillcrest High School’s band boosters were
scheduled to hold a reception in the school cafetorium in Evergreen, Ala. on
this Thursday at 6 p.m. to introduce and welcome the school’s new band
director, Christal Carter.
June 26, 1997 – The first book in the Harry Potter series,
“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” was published in Britain.
June 26, 1997 – Pro Football Hall of Fame and former
University of Alabama split end Don Hutson passed away at the age of 84 in
Rancho Mirage, Calif. After college, he played his entire pro career
(1933-1945) for the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1963.
June 26, 1998 – The Oak Hill Historic District in Oak Hill
in Wilcox County, Ala. was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The district is roughly centered on the intersection of State Highway 10 and
State Highway 21. It contains 6,750 acres, 56 buildings and seven structures.
June 26, 1998 – The classic Civil War-era blockbuster “Gone
with the Wind,” originally released in 1939, is re-released in U.S. theaters by
New Line Pictures.
June 26, 1999 - Sammy Sosa of the Chicago White Sox hit his
300th career home run.
June 26, 1999 - Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles got his
995th extra base hit.
June 26, 2000 - Alex Cabrera of the Arizona Diamondbacks hit
a two-run home run in his first major league at-bat.
June 26, 2000
– Pope John Paul II revealed the third secret of Fátima.
June 26, 2003 – Indian Springs Baptist Church at McWilliams,
near Beatrice, in Monroe County, Ala. was listed on Alabama Register of
Landmarks and Heritage.
June 26, 2005 - Paulus van der Sloot and Steve Gregory Croes
were ordered to be released from jail after their arrests in connection with
the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook, Ala.
June 26, 2008
– A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonated an explosive vest, killing
25 people.
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