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Oct. 19, 1765 - In the United States, the Stamp Act Congress
met and drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.
Oct. 19, 1781 – During a formal surrender ceremony at
Yorktown, Va., representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over
Cornwallis' sword and formally surrendered 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to
George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, bringing the American Revolution
to a close.
Oct. 19, 1789
– Chief Justice John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United
States.
Oct. 19–22, 1824 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette visited Williamsburg and the College of William &
Mary.
Oct. 19, 1836 – The Creek Regiment joined the main Army of
Keith Call, who was governor of Florida, and Capt. David Moniac of Alabama was
promoted to major. Moniac was the first Native American graduate of West Point.
Oct. 19, 1859 - Soldiers under Col. Robert E. Lee and Lt.
J.E.B. Stuart captured abolitionist John Brown after his raid on Harpers Ferry,
Va.
Oct. 19, 1861 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought
at Big Hurricane Creek, Mo.
Oct. 19, 1862 – Motion picture pioneer August Lumiere was
born in Besancon, France.
Oct. 19, 1862 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought near Helena, Ark.; on Madison Road, at Bardstown,
Pittman’s Crossroads and at Wild Cat in Kentucky, as the Confederate Army of
Tennessee retired through the Cumberland Gap in Kentucky; at Bonnet Carre, Saint
John Baptist Parrish, La.; and at Warrenton Junction, Va.
Oct. 19, 1863 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Grand Coteau, La.; at Smith’s Bridge, Miss.; on
Honey Creek, Mo.; and at Spurgeon’s Mill and Zollicoffer in Tennessee. An
affair also occurred at Murrell's Inlet, S.C.
Oct. 19, 1863 – During the Civil
War, the Battle of Buckland Mills occurred, and skirmishes were fought at
Catlett's Station, Hay Market, New Baltimore and Gainesville in Virginia.
Oct. 19, 1864 – At the Battle of Cedar Creek, which was the
last major battle of the Shenandoah Campaign, Union Calvary General Philip H.
Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early's troops at Cedar Creek in
Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan lost 5,500 out of 31,000 troops. Early lost almost
3,000 of the 22,000 men in his command, but nearly all of the Confederate
artillery was captured during the battle.
Oct. 19, 1864 – In what is now known as the St. Albans Raid,
Confederates entered Vermont from Canada and raided the town of St. Albans.
Along the way, they robbed banks, looted and attempted to set fire to the town
before being chased back into Canada. A judge in Canada released the raiders,
creating a minor diplomatic crisis between the United States and Britain, but
the British paid reparations to the town of St. Albans and the matter was
resolved without further conflict.
Oct. 19, 1864 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought in Crawford County, Ark.; at Ruffs Station and near
Turner's and Howell’s Ferry in Georgia; and at Lexington and near Montevallo in
Missouri. A six-day Federal expedition from Little Rock to Princeton in Arkansas
began.
Oct. 19, 1873 – The first set of
football rules were drafted in America at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York
City, written by representatives from three universities - Yale, Rutgers and
Princeton.
Oct. 19, 1876 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown was born in Nyesville, Fla. During his career, he
played for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds, the
St. Louis Terriers, the Brooklyn Tip-Tops and the Chicago Whales and also
managed the Terriers for one season. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1949.
Oct. 19, 1882 – Flames destroyed the two-story house
belonging to Dr. J.T. Russell in Monroeville, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1913 - Alabama author William Garrott Brown died in
New Canaan, Conn.
Oct. 19, 1914 - Near the Belgian city of Ypres, Allied and
German forces began the first of what would be three battles to control the
city and its advantageous positions on the north coast of Belgium during the
First World War.
Oct. 19-21, 1915 – The Monroe County Fair was scheduled to
be held in Monroeville, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. William
Hopkins of Monroeville, Ala. died from wounds.
Oct. 19, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Robert E.
Thames, 22, of Roy, Ala. (Frisco City) “died from disease.” He is buried at
Polar Bridge Cemetery at Manistee, Ala. He was called into service on July 22,
1918 at Camp Hancock in Augusta, Ga.
Oct. 19, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Percy Wheatley
Johnston, 23, of Monroeville, Ala. “died from disease” (pneumonia) at Camp
Johnston in Jacksonville, Fla. Born on Nov. 3, 1894 to P.W. and L.B. Johnston,
he was buried in the Brooklyn Baptist Church Cemetery in Conecuh County, Ala.
He had been employed as an automobile mechanic in Monroeville for some time,
but enlisted in the army during the summer of 1918.
Oct. 19, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. William
Robbert Hart, 27, of Andalusia, Ala. “died from disease” at Camp Hancock in
Augusta, Ga. Born on Aug. 14, 1891, he was buried in Pleasant Home Baptist
Cemetery in Covington County, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Thomas
Jefferson Bell, 20, of Opp, Ala. “died from disease” during the great flu
epidemic. Born on May 10, 1898, he was buried in the Hickory Grove Cemetery in
Opp in Covington County, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1918 – Robert Lowrey Coxwell, a Freemason who was
born and raised in Monroe County, died of influenza at an infirmary in Mobile.
Coxwell, age 26, for several years had held a position in the Monroe County
Bank and about three years ago was appointed by Governor Henderson as one of
the state examiners of public accounts. He moved to Mobile shortly after his
appointment. Born on Feb. 25, 1892, he was buried in the Mexia Cemetery in
Monroe County, Ala. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World and Alabama
Masonic Lodge No. 3.
Oct. 19, 1922 – Journalist and columnist Jack Anderson was
born in Long Beach, Calif.
Oct. 19, 1923 – Confederate veteran Andrew Jackson Dorman
died suddenly at the age of 77 on this Friday night at his residence in
Flomaton, where he’d moved only a few weeks before from Castleberry. According
to The Evergreen Courant, Dorman joined General Joseph E. Johnston’s army when
he was 15-1/2 years old and when Johnston surrendered at Greensboro, N.C., like
many other Confederate soldiers, Dorman walked the 700 miles back to Alabama.
Dorman was buried in the Houston Cemetery in Chickasaw County, Miss. and
according to his headstone, he was a native of China Grove in Pike County,
Ala., served in Co. A. of the 57th Alabama Infantry, was wounded in the leg in
May 1864 at Resaca, Ga. and was paroled in Greensboro, N.C. on May 1, 1865.
Oct. 19, 1924 – H.P. Lovecraft completed “The Shunned
House,” which was originally published in 1928’s “The Shunned House.”
Oct. 19, 1928 – Dr. Milton Monroe McPherson Sr., professor
emeritus of history at Troy State University, was born in Pineville near
Beatrice, Ala. He would go on to write “The 90-Day Wonders – OCS and the Modern
American Army.”
Oct. 19, 1928 – Excel High School played McKenzie High
School in football, but little is known about the game, including where it was
played, who won and the final score.
Oct. 19, 1931 - Spy novelist David Cornwell who writes under the name John le Carre
was born in Poole, England.
Oct. 19, 1934 – Excel High School beat Wallace High School,
19-0, in football.
Oct. 19, 1939 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Mrs.
J.W. Grace “who lives in the northern part of the county on Evergreen, Route
2,” killed a rattlesnake near her home that was five feet, two inches long and
had 16 rattles.
Oct. 19, 1939 – The Monroe Journal warned readers of large
rattlesnakes still being killed in the Monroeville, Ala. area. Game warden C.V.
Hines killed a large rattler a few days earlier, and S.W. Westbrook killed a
large one on Oct. 16 that had just swallowed a rabbit.
Oct. 19, 1942 - Alabama author Jim Rogers was born in
Wetumpka, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1945 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman received the
33rd Masonic Degree.
Oct. 19, 1949 – NFL quarterback Lynn Dickey was born in
Osawatomie, Kansas. He would go on to play for the Houston Oilers and the Green
Bay Packers.
Oct. 19, 1951 – Under head coach Walter Allen, Excel High
School improved to 4-1-1 on the season with a 39-0 win over Millry High School
in Frisco City, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1951 – On homecoming night in Greenville, Ala.,
Greenville High School beat Evergreen High School, 18-12. While scoring
Evergreen’s second touchdown, Aggie quarterback Gillis “Red” Morgan hit an
unpadded light post only inches off the playing field head-on and cracked his
collarbone, knocking him out of the game.
Oct. 19, 1954 – The Evergreen City Council considered a
proposal to keep the Evergreen Airport partially lighted at night after the
federal government notified them that they would withdraw the service of
keeping the runways lighted and the beacon operating. The council considered
paying the cost of operating the beacon and maintaining the lights on a standby
basis, so that the field could be used in emergencies at night by aircraft in
trouble.
Oct. 19, 1954 – Evergreen High School head football coach
Wendell Hart was named The Montgomery Advertiser’s “Coach of the Week” after
his team’s 6-0 win over undefeated Greenville on Oct. 15. Hart, Assistant Coach
Bill Parsons, Capt. Richard Taylor and Co-Capt. Ward Alexander attended a
luncheon on this day at the Montgomery Quarterback Club and their picture
appeared in the Oct. 20, 1954 edition of The Montgomery Advertiser.
Oct. 19, 1954 - A public inquiry into the Comet airliner
disasters found that metal fatigue was the most likely cause of two plane crashes
that year.
Oct. 19, 1956 – Under head coach W.C. Majors, Excel High
School improved to 2-3 on the season with a 26-13 win over Beatrice High School
in Beatrice, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1959 - Patty Duke, at the age of 12, made her
Broadway debut in "The Miracle Worker." The play lasted for 700
performances.
Oct. 19, 1962 – Evander Holyfield was born in Atmore, Ala.
The youngest of nine children, Holyfield and his family moved to Atlanta, where
he began boxing at age 12 and won the Boys Club boxing tournament. He would go
on to become the Undisputed World Champion in both the cruiserweight and
heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal."
Oct. 19, 1962 – Historical novelist Tracy Chevalier was born
in Washington, D.C.
Oct. 19, 1963 – Under head coach Reed Hughes, Wilcox County
High School beat Excel High School, 27-13, in Excel, Ala. Ed Comer was Excel’s
head coach. Excel scored when Bobo Godwin scored on a one-yard run and when
O’Neal Turberville threw a six-yard TD pass to Harry Lowery. Other outstanding
Excel players in that game included Burt Alderman, Donald Moore, Randall
Scruggs, Aaron White and Wayne Wright.
Oct. 19, 1965 - North Vietnamese
troops launched a major assault on U.S. and South Vietnamese Special Forces
Camp at Plei Me in the Central Highlands, 215 miles north of Saigon.
Oct. 19, 1967 - The 100th episode of "Batman"
aired on ABC.
Oct. 19, 1968 – Under head coach Carvel Rowell, Excel High
School improved to 5-1 with a 33-0 win over J.U. Blacksher High School in
Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1970 - Alabama author Harriet Hassell died in Port
Washington, Long Island, N.Y.
Oct. 19, 1972 – The Monroe Journal reported that the
sportswear firm of M. Hoffman & Co., Inc., with headquarters in Boston,
Mass., had announced an agreement to purchase the Frisco City, Ala. plant of
Marlene Industries, effective Dec. 1, 1972.
Oct. 19, 1972 - Henry Kissinger and
U.S. officials held meetings in Saigon with South Vietnamese President Nguyen
Van Thieu to discuss the proposed peace treaty drafted by Kissinger and Le Duc
Tho, the chief North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris.
Oct. 19, 1973 – President Richard Nixon rejected an Appeals
Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
Oct. 19, 1973 – Under head coach Lee Holladay, Excel High
School improved to 8-0 on the season with a 42-6 win over Lowndes County High
School in Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1974 – Under head coach Lee Holladay, Excel High
School improved to 7-0 on the season with a 38-14 win over J.U. Blacksher High
School in Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1975 – As of this date, Evergreen, Ala. had
received 94.2 inches of rain since Jan. 1, 1975.
Oct. 19, 1976
– Major League Baseball infielder Michael Young was born in Covina, Calif. He
went on to play for the Texas Rangers, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Oct. 19, 1978 – In an unusual game in which Excel High
School’s football stadium hosted a regular season football game between two
teams from outside Monroe County, Ala., Millry High School played Dozier High
School. Because of the distance between the two schools, they decided to play
in Excel, which is roughly halfway between Millry and Dozier. Millry won, 28-8.
Oct. 19, 1979 – Evergreen High School upset undefeated T.R.
Miller High School, the No. 1-ranked team in 3A, 16-14, at Brooks Memorial Stadium.
Oct. 19, 1979 – The Corry-Morton House and the
Thaggard-Poole House, both in Greenville, Ala., were added to the Alabama
Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
Oct. 19, 1984 – Under head coach Roland Pettie, Georgiana
High School improved to 5-3 with a 34-6 win over Excel High School in Excel,
Ala. Larry Allen was Excel’s head coach.
Oct. 19, 1990 – Under head coach Bo Bishop, Excel High
School improved to 6-1 on the season with a 33-0 win over Frisco City High
School in Frisco City, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1991 – Under head coach Bo Bishop, Excel High
School improved to 6-1 on the season with a 43-12 win over Frisco City High
School in Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 1997 – The day before the 30th anniversary of the
Patterson-Gimlin filming of Bigfoot and just prior to a release by the North
American Science Institute that would announce their analyses that the creature
depicted on the film was genuine, stories appeared in the media claiming that
John Chambers, the makeup genius behind such classic movies as “The Planet of
the Apes,” had been responsible for creating the gorilla suit that had fooled
the monster hunters.
Oct. 19, 1997 – In this day’s edition of the Sunday
Telegraph, Bigfoot researcher Chris Murphy said that “very high computer
enhancements of the (Patterson-Gimlin) film show conclusively that, whatever it
was, it was not wearing a suit. The skin on the creature ripples as it walks.”
Oct. 19, 2001 – Under head coach Al Bowen, Excel High School
dropped to 5-3 on the season after a 22-14 loss to Greene County High School in
Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 2001 - Two U.S. Army Rangers were killed in a
helicopter crash in Pakistan. The deaths were the first American deaths of the
military campaign in Afghanistan.
Oct. 19, 2002 – Under head coach Al Bowen, Excel High School
improved to 5-3 on the season with a 21-14 win over Georgiana High School in
Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 2004
– Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan was kidnapped in Iraq.
Oct. 19, 2005 – Saddam Hussein went on trial in Baghdad for
crimes against humanity.
Oct. 19, 2007 – Under head coach Andy Lambert, Excel High
School improved to 6-2 on the season with a 24-7 win over Flomaton High School
in Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 2012 – Under head coach Richard Anderson, Excel
High School improved to 2-6 on the season with a 41-14 win over Southside-Selma
High School in Excel, Ala.
Oct. 19, 2012 - Sparta Academy recorded its fifth win of the
season and locked up a spot in the state playoffs on this Friday night with a
37-13 win over Meadowview Christian at Stuart-McGehee Field in Evergreen. Jacob
Hendrix, a 5-foot-9, 160-pound running back, led Sparta’s offense with 13 carries
for 183 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown run. On defense, Hendrix finished
the night with eight assists from his spot in the secondary. Other standout
Sparta players in that game included Michael Brown, Shannon Buckhault, Jacob
Burch, Brooks Carpenter, Cody Carter, Austin Chandler, Drew Hardin, Austin
Hiers Johnson, Chance House, Jody House, Davis Johnson, Chase Kaylor, Jacob
Lee, Zach Moon, Stone Riley, Lanse Robbins, Jessie Stabler, Allen Stuart and
Ethan Tyree.
Oct. 19, 2012 - Hillcrest High School’s varsity football
team dropped to 1-7 on the season and to 1-5 in region play Friday night with a
28-26 loss to region rival Escambia County at Brooks Memorial Stadium in
Evergreen. Timothy Jones was the bright spot on the night for the Jaguars as he
recorded 13 tackles on defense and ran the ball twice for 63 yards.
Oct. 19, 2014 - DeMarco Murray of the Dallas Cowboys became
the first NFL player to run for more than 100 yards in each of the first 7
games of a season.
Oct. 19, 2015 – Former Alabama football player Leon Bramlett
died at the age of 92 in Clarksdale, Miss.
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