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Nov. 6, 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca became the first known European to set foot in the area that
would become Texas.
Nov. 6, 1776 - Silas Deane wrote to the Committee of
Congress for Secret Correspondence to express his frustration at their lack of
specific instructions for his trip to France.
Nov. 6, 1789 - Pope Pius VI appointed John Carroll bishop of
Baltimore, making him the first Catholic bishop in the United States. In this
role, as bishop and ultimately as the first archbishop in the United States
(1808), Carroll oversaw the creation of leading Catholic institutions in the
new nation, including the nation’s first Catholic university (Georgetown
University, founded in 1789) and cathedral (Baltimore Basilica, built in 1806).
Nov. 6, 1854 – John Philip Sousa, the “March King,” was born
in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the
sixteenth president of the United States.
Nov. 6, 1861 - Jefferson Davis was elected president of the
Confederate States of America. He was elected to a six-year term as established
by the Confederate Constitution, and he remained president until May 5, 1865,
when the Confederate government was officially dissolved.
Nov. 6, 1861 – During the Civil
War, a skirmish was fought at Little Sante Fe, Mo.
Nov. 6, 1861 – During the Civil
War, Federal operations at Townsend’s Ferry, New River, West Virginia began.
Nov. 6, 1862 – During the Civil War, a seven-day Federal operation from Fort Scott, Kansas, against Quantrill’s guerilla force, began.
Nov. 6, 1862 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fougth at Garrettsburg, Ky.; at Old Lamar, Miss.; at Warrenton, Va.; and at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Nov. 6, 1863 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Rogersville, Tenn.; near Falmouth, Va.; and at Little Sewell Mountain and Droop Mountain, West Virginia.
Nov. 6, 1863 – During the Civil War, Brownsville and Port Isabel, Texas wre occupied by Union Major General Nathaniel P. Banks.
Nov. 6, 1864 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Cane Hill, Ark.; against Arappahoe Indians at Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory; on the McDonough Road, near Atlanta, Ga.; and with Indians at the Sand Hills Stage Station, the Nebraska Territory.
Nov. 6, 1864 – During the Civil War, a three-day Federal expedition from Vicksburg, Miss. to Gaines Landing and Bayou Macon, La. began. A two-day Federal reconnaissance began in Callaway County, Mo., and a three-day Federal expedition from New Creek to Moorefield, West Virginia began.
Nov. 6, 1865 - Captain James I. Waddell arrived in
Liverpool, England, and surrendered the C.S.S. Shenandoah to British officials.
The CSS Shenandoah was the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after
circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed
merchant vessels.
Nov. 6, 1869 - In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College
defeated Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4,
in the first official intercollegiate football game.
Nov. 6, 1885 – James A. Stewart was killed during a
“dastardly and cowardly murder” at his store in the Ireland community (north of
Burnt Corn on the Monroe-Conecuh county line) on this night. Monroe County
Sheriff Burns, who happened to be in the neighborhood at the time of the
murder, said that Stewart was sitting with Deputy Sheriff C.W. McClure in the
store in front of the door with Mrs. Glenn’s son (a small boy) when a gun was
fired in the darkness near the door. Stewart was shot through the head, fell
forward and died without a word. According to the Nov. 13, 1885 edition of The
Monroe Journal, “there was no clue to the murderer” and that Stewart’s murder
was the second “assassination” to have occurred in the Ireland community within
the past 12 to 18 months and the third or fourth in the county.
Nov. 6, 1887 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and
manager Walter Perry Johnson was born in Humboldt, Kansas. During his career,
he played for the Washington Senators and went on to manage the Senators and
the Cleveland Indians. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.
Nov. 6, 1892 – Harold Ross, the founder of The New Yorker
magazine, was born in Aspen, Colo.
Nov. 6, 1906 - President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt embarked
on a 17-day trip to Panama and Puerto Rico, becoming the first president to
make an official diplomatic tour outside of the continental United States.
Nov. 6, 1911 – Poet Anne Porter was born in Sherborn, Mass.
Nov. 6, 1915 – The Conecuh County Educational Association
was scheduled to hold its initial meeting of the 1915-16 school year on this
Saturday in Evergreen, Ala. Members planned to discuss how to eliminate
illteracy in Conecuh County and how to improve local schools.
Nov. 6, 1935 - Edwin H. Armstrong announced his development
of FM broadcasting when he presented his paper "A Method of Reducing
Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to
the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
Nov. 6, 1947 – Braxton Adams, 19, was accidentally killed in
Vancouver, British Columbia while serving with the Waterman Steamship
Corporation. His funeral was held in Evergreen, Ala. on Nov. 16, and he was
buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Greenville, Ala.
Nov. 6, 1949 – An all-white jury in Greenville, Ala.
acquitted James Anderson, a 24-year-old black man from Conecuh County who was
accused of killing Monroe County farmer Sam Stacey during a fight at a gin in
Butler County. Defense counsel, led by Roderick Beddow of Birmingham, insisted
Stacey died of a heart attack and not of injuries suffered in the fight. The
state insisted blows caused his death.
Nov. 6, 1953 – Monroe County High School, under head coach
Levaughn Hanks, beat T.R. Miller High School, 19-14, in Brewton, Ala. Projected
MCHS starters were left end Bert Nettles offensively and Paul Fowler,
defensively; left tackle William Nettles; left guard Nicky Manning; center
Grayson Simmons; right guard, Baby Ryland; right tackle, Billy Parker; right end
Johnny Finklea; quarterback Wayne Jones; left half Jeff Sirmon; right half
Freddy Hayles; and fullback Robert Wiggins.
Nov. 6, 1958 - The American League announced that Kansas
City would play a record 52 night games in 1959.
Nov. 6, 1958 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Dr. H.C.
Fountain, a dentist in Evergreen, Ala., had been elected president of the Dixie
Fox Hunters Association during the annual directors meeting during a recent
three-day field trials at Burnt Corn. Other elected officers included first
vice-president Dewey Farmer of Montgomery, second vice-president Lee Smith of
Montgomery and secrety R.H. Cobb of Camden.
Nov. 6, 1959 – Beatrice High School and McKenzie High School
battled to a 6-6 tie on this Friday night in Beatrice. Outstanding defensive
players for Beatrice included left tackle John Ray Pipkin, right tackle Jessie
Owens, right end Ben Luker, defensive linebacker Jimmy Suttle and left guard
Edward Wiggins. Outstanding offensive players for Beatrice included left
halfback Charlie Owens, who back in action for the first time in several games.
Nov. 6, 1963
– Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup
leader General Dương Văn Minh took over leadership of South Vietnam.
Nov. 6, 1964 – Evelyn Booker, 42, of Causeyville, Miss. was
found dead in her car on a dirt road leading to her home. A coroner’s jury
ruled that she died from a self-inflicted .38 caliber gunshot wound just above
her right ear. She was out of jail at the time on a $10,000 bond stemming from
the Sept. 6 shooting death of her husband, J.D. Booker, a former resident of
Monroeville, Ala.
Nov. 6, 1964 – On homecoming night in Brewton, Ala., T.R.
Miller High School beat Evergreen High School, 34-13. John Robinson was
Evergreen’s head coach, and outstanding players for Evergreen in that game
included Alvin Dees, Paul Deason and Kenny Harper.
Nov. 6, 1966 - Tim Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles ran back
two kick-offs for touchdowns in the same game against the Dallas Cowboys.
Nov. 6, 1969 - A tie for the Cy Young Award occurred for the
first time. Detroit's Denny McLain and Baltimore's Mike Cuellar both won the
award for best pitcher in the American League.
Nov. 6, 1970 - South Vietnamese forces launched a new offensive into Cambodia, advancing across a 100-mile-wide front in southeastern Cambodia. The new offensive was aimed at cleaning out border sanctuaries and blocking North Vietnamese forces from moving through Cambodia into South Vietnam. The 6,000-man South Vietnamese task force pulled out on November 11 after failing to find new Communist troop sanctuaries. Forty-one enemy soldiers were reportedly killed in the operation.
Nov. 6, 1974 - Mike Marshall became the first relief pitcher
to win the Cy Young Award.
Nov. 6, 1976 – NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman was
born in Fremont, Calif. He played college ball for Arizona State University and
safety for the Arizona Carinals from 1998 to 2001. He would be killed in action
at the age of 27 on April 22, 2004 in Sperah, Afghanistan.
Nov. 6, 1979 – The Evergreen City Council named Henry
Vickery as Police Chief during a council meeting on this Tuesday night. Vickery,
who had been acting chief since Oct. 19, was recommended for the chief’s
position by Mayor O.B. (Bert) Tuggle. Vickery, a veteran of 7-1/2 years with
the local police department, had served as a sergeant for over four years.
Vickery was named to replace Chief Jimmy Hawsey, who resigned for personal
reasons on Oct. 19.
Nov. 6, 1980 – The Kaster House (now demolished) in Camden,
Ala. was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Nov. 6, 1981 - A black-footed ferret, a creature previously
thought extinct, was found in Wyoming.
Nov. 6, 1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the
National Football League (NFL) could not dictate the hometown of a team. The
case resulted from the Oakland Raiders wanting to move to Los Angeles.
Nov. 6, 1982 – The Conecuh Heritage Festival was scheduled
to be held in downtown Evergreen, Ala. Exhibits of historic interest were
scheduled to go on display in downtown show windows on Mon., Nov. 1, and were
to remain throughout the week.
Nov. 6, 1986 – The City of Monroeville, Ala. held a cookout
to raise money for a scholarship in Ronda Morrison’s memory at Patrick Henry
State Junior College. The organizers’ goal was to raise $23,000, the equivalent
of $1 from every Monroe County resident. The cookout was held in a park near
the Vanity Fair outlet store.
Nov. 6, 1989 - NFL Charities donated $1 million through the
United Way to benefit the victims of the Bay Area earthquake.
Nov. 6, 1990 – A brief send-off
ceremony was held early on this Tuesday morning at Fort Rucker near Dothan,
Ala. for the 240 members of Monroeville and Jackson’s 778th Maintenance Co. and
the 851st Service and Support Co. of Abbeville. By 7 a.m., members of the unit
had boarded buses and left for Fort Benning, Ga., headed to join Operation Desert
Shield in Saudi Arabia.
Nov. 6, 1991 - Kuwait celebrated
the dousing of the last of the oil fires ignited by Iraq during the Persian
Gulf War.
Nov. 6, 1993 - The world's largest
peanut butter and jelly sandwich was created in the town of Peanut, Pa. A
whopping 40 feet long, it contained 150 pounds of peanut butter and 50 pounds
of jelly.
Nov. 6, 1995 - ESPN announced a five-year contract extension
with Major League Baseball. The contract represented the first time that
baseball's post season would be on cable.
Nov. 6, 1995 - Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland
Browns, announced plans to move his team to Baltimore, where they became the
Baltimore Ravens.
Nov. 6, 1997 – In “V for Vendetta,” The Leader, Adam Susan,
assigned the head of The Finger, Derek Almond, to apprehend V. V kidnapped
Lewis Prothero, the voice behind the Voice of Fate broadcasts. Edward Finch and
his assistant, Dominic, were assigned the kidnapping.
Nov. 6, 1998 – In “V for Vendetta,” martial law was declared
by Susan, who’s mental state was steadily deteriorating since Fate’s message.
However, despite harsh penalties, Norsefire was unable to keep the populace in
line. Rosemary bought a gun. Peter Creedy used Susan’s mental state as an
opportunity to seize power. He enlisted Alistair Harper to assist him. Helen
Heyer, wishing to have that power herself, began her own machinations, and
convinced Harper to work for her instead.
Nov. 6, 1998 – Frisco City’s John Tucker scored eight
touchdowns and 51 total points in a 51-20 playoff road win over Sweet Water.
Nov. 6, 1999 – Robert Gaston Bozeman Jr. was inducted into
the Alabama Newspaper Hall of Honor.
Nov. 6, 2002 - Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys dropped
the puck at a game between the Dallas Stars and the Vancouver Canucks.
Nov. 6, 2003 – The Evergreen Courant reported that the first
site on the canoe/small boat launch for the Sepulga River Canoe Trail had
recently completed near Brooklyn, Ala. The launch was initiated by the Conecuh
County Commission and County Engineer Winston Foshee to provide recreation and
tourism access to the river.
Nov. 6, 2005 – The Wilcox County Veterans Monument was
erected in downtown Camden, Ala.
Nov. 6, 2005
– Belarusian SS officer Anthony Sawoniuk died at the age of 84 in prison in
Norwich, England.
Nov. 6, 2013 – Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and
halfback Ace Parker died at the age of 101 in Portsmouth, Va. During his
career, he played for Duke, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Yanks and the New
York Yankees. He was inducted into the Hall of fame in 1972.
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