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Dec. 18, 1707 – Charles Wesley, one of the founders of the
Methodist movement, was born in Epworth, England.
Dec. 18, 1777 – The United States celebrated its first
Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over British General
John Burgoyne and 5,000 British troops in the Battle of Saratoga in October.
Dec. 18, 1778 - A force of New Jersey and New York Loyalists
traveled to Liverpool, Nova Scotia to help defend against Patriot privateers.
Dec. 18, 1778 - Considered the "father of modern
clowning," Joseph Grimaldi was born in London.
Dec. 18, 1787 - New Jersey became the third state to ratify
the U.S. Constitution.
Dec. 18, 1793 – French Royalists surrendered the frigate La
Lutine to Lord Samuel Hood. The ship was renamed HMS Lutine, and she later
became a famous treasure wreck.
Dec. 18, 1796 - The "Monitor" of Baltimore, Md.
was published as the first Sunday newspaper.
Dec. 18, 1812 – Mobile County, Ala. was created by a proclamation
of Governor Holmes of the Mississippi Territory.
Dec. 18, 1813 – Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secretary of
the U.S. Navy, passed away at Bladensburg, Md., and he was buried in the
graveyard at Addison Chapel in Seat Pleasant, Md. Fort Stoddert near
present-day Mount Vernon, Ala. was named in his honor in 1799.
Dec. 18, 1821 – An act was passed authorizing the judge of
the county court and the commissioners in Butler County to levy an extra tax
upon the property in the county for the purpose of building a courthouse and
jail in the town of Buttsville (the name afterwards being changed to
Greenville), said town having been made the permanent seat of justice for
Butler County, Ala.
Dec. 18, 1832 – Barbour County, Ala. was created by act of
the state general assembly from portions of Pike County and land that had been
ceded to the state by the Creek Indians. Now bordered on the north by Russell
County, on the east by Georgia, on the south by Henry County and Dale County
and on the west by Pike County and Bullock County. Named for James Barbour
(1775-1842), governor of Virginia (1812-14). The county seat was Louisville
until 1834 when Clayton, the present one, was chosen. (Places Names in Alabama)
Dec. 18, 1832 – The Alabama legislature created Tallapoosa
County and Chambers County on lands previously held by Creek Indians, which had
been ceded to the federal government at Cusseta on March 24, 1832.
Dec. 18, 1832 – The Alabama legislature created Randolph
County.
Dec. 18, 1832 – Calhoun County, Ala. was created by an act
of the state general assembly. Now bounded on the north by Etowah County and
Cherokee County, on the south by Talladega County and on the west by St. Clair
County. First named for Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) from South Carolina, later
a U.S. senator from Missouri, who had fought here during the Creek Indian War
of 1813-14. Because Benton’s political views by 1858 differed from those of
most people in this area, the name was changed on Jan. 29 of that year to honor
John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, a spokesman for southern causes. The county
seat was Jacksonville until 1899, when the present one, Anniston, was chosen.
(Place Names in Alabama).
Dec. 18, 1832 – Chambers County, Ala. was created by an act
of the state general assembly. Bounded on the north by Randolph County, on the
east by Georgia, on the south by Lee County and on the west by Tallapoosa
County. Named for Henry Chambers (1790-1826), a Huntsville physician who was
one of the first U.S. senators elected from the state following its admission
to the Union. Chambers Court House was the temporary county seat, April-October
1833, when the present one, Lafayette, was chosen.
Dec. 18, 1839 - Scientist John Draper took the first
celestial photograph of the moon.
Dec. 18, 1860 - Alabama author J. H. Ingraham died in Holly
Springs, Miss.
Dec. 18, 1861 – During the Civil War, a Federal reconnaissance mission from Somerset to Mill Springs, Ky. began.
Dec. 18, 1861 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought at Milford, Mo.
Dec. 18, 1861 – During the Civil War, Federal reconnaissance was conducted from Rolla towards Houston, Mo.
Dec. 18, 1861 – During the Civil War, Federal reconnaissance was conducted to Pohick Church, approximately 12 miles south of Alexandria, Va.
Dec. 18, 1862 – During the Civil War’s Battle of Lexington,
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a Union force under Colonel
Robert Ingersoll at Lexington, Tenn., an area held by the Union. Forrest’s
troops overwhelmed the panicked Federals and captured more than 140 men,
including Ingersoll. The rest of the Union force scattered into the
countryside. Forrest also captured artillery pieces, horses, rifles and
supplies.
Dec. 18, 1862 - Alabama author Milford W. Howard was born in
Floyd County, Ga.
Dec. 18, 1862 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought near Water Valley, Miss.
Dec. 18, 1863 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Barren Fork, in the Indian Territory, with Col. Stand Watie’s Confederates; at Indiantown, N.C.; at Bean’s Station and Rutledge, Tenn.; and at Culpepper, Vienna and Middleburg, Va. Thirteen days of Federal operations began in northern Mississippi and West Tennessee.
Dec. 18, 1864 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Dudley Lake, Ark.; on Little River, in New Madrid County, Mo.; and at Spring Hill, Tenn. The second of two days of sustained skirmishing also occurred near Marion, Va.
Dec. 18, 1864 – Confederate Lt. General William Hardee refused General William T. Sherman’s demand of the surrender of Savannah, Ga., opting to withdraw his forces from the city.
Dec. 18, 1865 - U.S. Secretary of State William Seward
issued a statement verifying the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. The amendment abolished slavery with the declaration:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the
United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Dec. 18, 1870 – British short-story writer Saki was born Hector Hugh Munro in Akyab, Burma (now Myanmar).
Dec. 18, 1879 – Artist Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee,
Switzerland.
Dec. 18, 1886 – National Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ty
Cobb was born in Narrows, Ga. He would go on to play for the Detroit Tigers and
the Philadelpia Athletics. He also managed the Tigers from 1921 to 1926. He was
inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.
Dec. 18, 1888 – Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law
discovered the ancient Indian ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde.
Dec. 18, 1892 – The premiere performance of The Nutcracker
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Dec. 18, 1897 – Jazz musician Fletcher Henderson was born in
Cuthbert, Ga.
Dec. 18, 1901 - Alabama author Viola Goode Liddell was born
in Gastonburg, Ala.
Dec. 18, 1903 - The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in
perpetuity' by the U.S. for an annual rent.
Dec. 18, 1908 – American geographer and explorer Paul Siple
was born in Montpelier, Ohio.
Dec. 18, 1912 - The discovery of the Piltdown Man in East
Sussex was announced by Charles Dawson. It was proved to be a hoax in 1953.
Dec. 18, 1914 – Bill Rogers accidentally killed his friend
Bob Roberts during a “prank” near Rogers’ home in Greenville, Ala. Rogers shot
Roberts in the lower abdomen, and Roberts died about three hours later. The
incident was described as “one of the saddest accidents that has ever happened
in the southern part of this county.”
Dec. 18, 1917 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Fletcher W.
Smith of Lower Peachtree, Ala. “died from disease.”
Dec. 18, 1917 – The resolution containing the language of
the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition was passed by the United States
Congress and was then officially proposed the states.
Dec. 18, 1932 – The Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth
Spartans, 9–0, in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Because of a blizzard,
the game was moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field
measuring 80 yards long.
Dec. 18, 1934 – Following their preliminary hearing on this
Tuesday in Monroeville, James McCreary and J.C. McCreary, brothers, were held
without bail at the Monroe County Jail. The men, who were residents of
Beatrice, were brought to Monroeville following “a shooting and cutting
affray,” which took place at Beatrice on the night of Sat., Nov. 17. During the
incident, two men were killed and about 11 others injured as a result of the
fights.
Dec. 18, 1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering
preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation
"Barbarossa" was launched in June 1941.
Dec. 18, 1950 – Evergreen High School’s boys basketball team
picked up their third straight win by beating Lyeffion High School, 27-22, at
Memorial Gym in Evergreen, Ala. Jeff Moorer led Evergreen with eight points,
and Miller Dees led Lyeffion with nine points.
Dec. 18, 1950 – Evergreen High School coach Wendell Hart and
his wife, Gerry, celebrated the birth of a son, James Wendell Hart Jr., who was
born on this afternoon at Stabler’s Infirmary in Greenville. He weighed seven
pounds, 10 ounces.
Dec. 18, 1952 – Evergreen (Ala.) High School’s Quarterback
Club, led by President Brown Boykin, was scheduled to hold its annual football
banquet in the high school lunchroom, and Alabama assistant coach and scout
Bubber Nisbet was the scheduled guest speaker. The D.T. Stuart Sportsmanship
Award and Trophy was also to be awarded, and letters were to be awarded to
players who earned them. Team captains for 1953 were to be elected before the
banquet and introduced during this night’s program.
Dec. 18, 1963 – Greenville High School beat Evergreen High
School, 86-36, in the final round of a tournament on this Wednesday night in
Evergreen, Ala. Joe Terrell led Greenville with 34 points, and teammate Snake
Raybon followed with 19 points. Kenny Harper led Evergreen with 16 points. In
that night’s consolation game, Frisco City beat W.S. Neal, 69-66. Larry Eddins
led Frisco with 28 points while Gilbert Emmons and James Ryals had 20 and 17,
respectively, for W.S. Neal. Players named to the all-tournament team included
Gilbert Emmons of W.S. Neal, Ronnie Jackson of Evergreen, Johnny Mack King of
Frisco City, Snake Raybon of Greenville and Joe Terrell of Greenville.
Dec. 18, 1965 – Army Spc. 5 Jack Elliott Clemmons of Atmore,
Ala. was killed in action in Vietnam.
Dec. 18, 1969 - Rufus Reid Rushton, age 79, died at a local
hospital on this Thursday afternoon, following a brief illness. Rushton was
born in Rutledge in Crenshaw County and moved with his parents to Andalusia
when a young boy and resided there until he moved to Evergreen more than 50
years before his death. He engaged in the contracting business till he retired
about 10 years before his death. He was a veteran of World War I and a member
of the American Legion.
Dec. 18, 1970 – Local historian and author Elizabeth Riley
was honored with an “autograph party” at The Nannette Shop in Evergreen, Ala.
to celebrate her recently published book, “The Old Evergreen Historical
Cemetery.”
Dec. 18, 1970 - Labe Turk Johnston, age 76, passed away at
his home in Evergreen, Ala. He was a semi-retired farmer and life-long resident
of Conecuh County. He was a member of the Brooklyn Baptist Church, a World War
I veteran, member of American Legion, Chairman of the County Board of Education
and a member of the Democratic Executive Committee.
Dec. 18, 1972 – Excel, Alabama’s Lee Roy Jordan appeared on
the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Dec. 18, 1972
– During the Vietnam War, President Richard Nixon announced that the United
States would engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas
bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on Dec. 13.
Dec. 18, 1974 – National Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder
Harry Hooper died at the age of 87 in Santa Cruz, Calif. During his career, he
played for the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 1971.
Dec. 18, 1975 - Father Ralph J. Pecoraro arrived at the
“Amityville Horror” house to bless the house before the Lutz family moved in.
When he flicked the first holy water and began to pray, he heard a masculine
voice demand that he "get out."
Dec. 18, 1975 – Weather observer Earl Windham reported a low
temperature of 23 degrees in Evergreen, Ala.
Dec. 18, 1978 – Weather observer Earl Windham reported a low
temperature of 27 degrees in Evergreen, Ala.
Dec. 18, 1984 - John H. Pate, a well known Conecuh County
farmer, was named to the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Committee by delegates to the county ASCS convention, held on this day in the
ASCA Office.
Dec. 18, 1985 – Weather reporter Earl Windham reported a low
of 29 degrees in Evergreen, Ala.
Dec. 18, 1993 - The NFL announced a new 4-year agreement
with ABC, ESPN, TNT and FOX. FOX had taken the NFC championship package from
CBS.
Dec. 18, 1994 – Major League Baseball player Darryl
Strawberry pled not guilty to tax evasion charges.
Dec. 18, 1998 - Russia recalled its U.S. ambassador in
protest of the U.S. attacks on Iraq.
Dec. 18, 2001 – Baseball pitcher John Rocker was traded to
the Texas Rangers.
Dec. 18, 2001 - The New Jersey Sports and Exposition
Authority announced that they would ban all bottles, including plastic, from
Giants Stadium.
Dec. 18, 2002 - U.S. President Bush condemned Iraq's
12,000-page weapons declaration but did not immediately assert that Iraq was in
"material breach."
Dec. 18, 2003 – Paranormal author Charles Berlitz passed
away at University Hospital in Tamarac, Fla. at the age of 89.
Dec. 18, 2007 - Aruban prosecutors announced that the case
into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, 18, of Mountain Brook, Ala. would
be closed without any charges made against the former suspects.
Dec. 18, 2013 – NFL linebacker Ken Hutcherson, a native of
Anniston, Ala., died at the age of 61 in Redmond, Wash. During his career, he
played for Livingston, the Dallas Cowboys, the San Diego Chargers, the Green
Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Dec. 18, 2014 – In the opening round of the Hub City Classic
Tournament, Monroe County High School’s varsity boys beat Excel, 82-49, in
Monroeville. Christian Gross and Quamie Penn led Excel with 10 points each.
Dec. 18, 2014 - Sparta Academy’s varsity boys basketball
team picked up its eighth win of the season on this Thursday night by downing
region opponent Patrician Academy, 87-86, in overtime in Butler. Zane Lambert
led Sparta with 20 points, a rebound, four steals and an assist. Other standout
Sparta players in that game included Taylor Chavers, Stone Riley, Nathan
Pipkin, Griffin Weaver, Hunter Bolton, Tanner Bledsoe, Dakota Stokes.
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