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| Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
Sept. 12, 1609 – Henry Hudson began his exploration of the
Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
Sept. 12, 1777 - The Continental Congress received a letter
from Continental Army General George Washington informing them of the Patriot
defeat the previous day at Brandywine, Pa. Upon receiving the news of the
American defeat, members of Congress began sending orders to their state
representatives in Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania asking them
to dispatch reinforcements to join Washington’s beleaguered Continental Army
Sept. 12, 1781 - In North Carolina, the British captured
Governor Burke and 13 high-ranking Whig officials in Hillsborough.
Sept. 12, 1813 – Having been informed of the attack on Fort
Mims, General Jackson directed Col. John McKee to return to the Indian country
and “get out” as many Choctaw and Chickasaw warriors as practicable and then
march against the Creek town, situated at the Falls of the Black Warrior, under
the rule of the chieftain, Oseeochee Emathla.
Sept. 12, 1822 – Mary Boykin passed away at the age of six
and was buried in the Old Beulah Cemetery in Conecuh County. Her tombstone is
the oldest known grave in the cemetery.
Sept. 12, 1842 – Confederate soldier William George Riley
was born. He was the brother of Monroe Guards commander Thomas Mercer Riley.
W.G. Riley died on June 22, 1940 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in
Evergreen, Ala.
Sept. 12, 1846 – Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning
eloped.
Sept. 12, 1853 – George Clothies was commissioned for his
first of two terms as Monroe County, Alabama’s Sheriff.
Sept. 12, 1857 – The SS Central America sank
about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426
passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was
carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
Sept. 12, 1861 – This day’s issue of The Clarke County
Democrat carried the following notice on its editorial page – “We are requested
by Capt. Stephen B. Cleveland to state that there is still room for any persons
desirous of joining his Cavalry Company.” (Kathryn Windham Tucker, “A Promise
Kept)
Sept. 12, 1861 – During the Civil War, at the First Battle
of Lexington, Confederate General Sterling Price converged on a Union garrison
at Lexington, Missouri. The 19-day siege ended with the surrender of the
Federals under Colonel James Mulligan. Price secured the town with only 25 men
killed and 72 wounded while Federal losses numbered 39 dead and 120 wounded.
Sept. 12, 1861 – During the Civil
War, U.S. Major General George Brinton McClellan, ordered the arrest of the
members of the Maryland legislature as well as other citizens of the state
deemed disloyal to the Federal Union. The greatest fear in Washington, D.C. at
this point in the War was the possible secession of Maryland. With Virginia
already gone on one side, Maryland’s departure would leave the Federal capital
entirely surrounded by Confederate territory, which would be embarrassing at
the very least. A meeting of secessionist-minded state legislators had been
scheduled for Sept. 17 in Frederick, Md., far from the capital of Annapolis.
Orders were quietly issued, and starting today, the gentlemen were quietly
arrested. To decrease opportunities for further agitation they were taken for
confinement to Ft. Warren in Boston Harbor.
Sept. 12, 1861 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Petersburg and Peytona, West Virginia.
Sept. 12, 1861 – During the Civil
War, a skirmish was fought at Black River, Mo.
Sept. 12, 1865 – The New Alabama Constitution was adopted to
comply with Presidential Reconstruction dictates to rejoin the Union. The
document was later rejected by U.S. Congress.
Sept. 12, 1870 – American journalist, explorer, and author
Fitz Hugh Ludlow passed away at the age of 34 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is
best known for his autobiographical book “The Hasheesh Eater” (1857). Ludlow
also wrote about his travels across America on the overland stage to San
Francisco, Yosemite and the forests of California and Oregon, in his second
book, “The Heart of the Continent.”
Sept. 12, 1883 – John Burns was commissioned for the first
of his two terms as Monroe County, Alabama’s Sheriff.
Sept. 12, 1895 – The Monroe Journal reported that work on
the “Academy building” was progressing rapidly. “It had been hoped to have the
house ready for occupancy by next Monday, the day for the opening of the Fall
term, but the inability of the local mills to promptly supply the necessary
materials has delayed the work, hence the school will begin and continue in the
old house until the new is ready.”
Sept. 12, 1897 – French scientist Irene Joliot-Curie, the
daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, was born in Paris. She and her husband,
Frederic Joliot, was the Noble Prize in 1935 in chemistry for artificially
creating radioactive elements.
Sept. 12, 1913 - Jesse Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama.
Owens was one of the first U.S. athletes who combined talents as a sprinter,
low hurdler, and broad jumper. In 1936, he won four gold medals at the Berlin
Olympics: in the100 meter, 200 meter, broad jump, and as a participant on the
400-meter relay team.
Sept. 12, 1915 – On this Sunday night, the Rev. N.H. Gibson
and his wife were called from Monroeville, Ala. to Columbus, Ga. after they
received a telegram saying that their son, police officer N.H. Gibson Jr., had
been fatally shot in the line of duty.
Sept. 12, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Will Frank
Williams of Greenville, Ala. was killed in action.
Sept. 12, 1918 – President Wilson called upon men between 18
and 45 (estimated at 13 million men) to register for “America’s greatest
draft.”
Sept. 12, 1919 – Adolf Hitler joined the German Workers'
Party (later the Nazi Party).
Sept. 12, 1925 – Construction of the Wilson Dam in Florence,
Ala. was completed, and at the time, it was the largest dam in the world at 137
feet tall and 4,535 long. Construction began on Nov. 8, 1918.
Sept. 12, 1939 – A landmark dwelling in western Monroeville,
Ala. was completely destroyed by fire during the morning hours. Occupied by
“Shorty” Johnson, the house was one of the oldest dwellings in Monroeville.
Built about 1850 by Harris Malden, and it was owned and occupied after the
Civil War by Dr. Flake. Several well known families either owned or occupied
the house in later years, including F.M. Jones, George W. Salter, J.T. Salter and
many others.
Sept. 12, 1940 - The prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings were
discovered near Montignac, France by four teenagers who stumbled upon the
ancient artwork after following their dog, Robot, down a narrow entrance into a
cavern. The cave paintings were 17,000 years old and were some of the best
examples of art from the Paleolithic period.
Sept. 12, 1950 - A movie version of Alabama author William
March's book “The Bad Seed” was released.
Sept. 12, 1952 – In their “first game on their new lighted field
before an overflowing crowd,” Repton High School opened the 1952 football
season with a 13-0 loss to Flomaton in Repton, Ala.
Sept. 12, 1952 – The strange “Flatwoods Monster” incident
took place in the Town of Flatwoods in Braxton County, West Virginia.
Sept. 12, 1963 – Beatrice High School principal Marvin Gwin
announced the cancellation of the school’s football season because the school
didn’t have enough players to field a team. Out of the 15 players who reported
for practice that season, most were in the seventh and eighth grade. Football
returned to the school the following year with a six-game schedule against the
‘B’ teams from other schools.
Sept. 12, 1963 – Circuit Judge T.W. Thaggard of Greenville,
Ala. issued a writ of mandamus requiring the Butler County Board of Education
to provide bus transportation for students in the Beat 8 community in Evergreen
to the McKenzie School in Butler County. Beat 8 residents petitioned the court
for the writ after the Conecuh County Board of Education voted to transport
Beat 8 students to Evergreen rather than McKenzie as it had been done in the
past.
Sept. 12, 1964 – T.R. Miller beat Frisco City, 19-0, and
Excel beat Lyeffion, 25-0.
Sept. 12, 1979 – Hurricane Frederic made landfall on this
night at Dauphin Island with winds of 125 mph, five people killed and $23
million damage resulted.
Sept. 12, 1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox
became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits and 400 career
home runs.
Sept. 12, 1984 – Mark Childress’ first novel, “A World Made
of Fire,” was first released by Knopf.
Sept. 12, 1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets set the
baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set
by Herb Score in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218
innings, set the current record.
Sept. 12, 2002 - The house that Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain lived
in as a child, from ages 11 to 15, was sold on eBay for $210,000. The house had
been valued at $52,660 in 2000.
Sept. 12, 2002 - A judge announced that a jury would have to
decide who would get the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his record 73rd home
run. The ownership of the ball, with an estimated value of $1 million, was
being disputed between two men that had been in the bleachers.
Sept. 12, 2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush addressed the
U.N. about Iraq's continued refusal to abide by U.N. resolutions dating back to
the Persian Gulf War. He told the body that it risked becoming irrelevant if it
did not confront Saddam Hussein.
Sept. 12, 2003 – During the Iraq War, U.S. forces mistakenly
shot and killed eight Iraqi police officers in Fallujah.
Sept. 12, 2011 – Jeff Daniels of Evergreen completed his
2,181-mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail.
Sept. 12, 2011 – The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City
opened to the public.
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