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Oct. 9, 1604 – Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to
be observed in the Milky Way, was reported.
Oct. 9, 1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating
Maryland from Pennsylvania was completed.
Oct. 9, 1775 - Just a few short months after commanding
British soldiers during the Battle of Bunker Hill, General Sir William Howe
wrote to the British-appointed secretary of state for the American colonies,
Lord Dartmouth, to inform him of his belief that the British army should be
evacuated from Boston to Rhode Island. From there, British forces could move
expeditiously to the southern colonies, without having to go around Cape Cod.
As Lord Dartmouth had previously received reports that men were needed in the
southern colonies from the likes of Josiah Martin, the royal governor of North
Carolina, and John Murray, the royal governor of South Carolina, he ordered
General Howe to send officers stationed in Boston to North Carolina to assist
Martin in the southern campaign.
Oct. 9, 1781 - The last major battle of the American
Revolutionary War took place in Yorktown, Va. The American forces, led by
George Washington, defeated the British troops under Lord Cornwallis.
Oct. 9, 1812
– During the War of 1812, in a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces
captured two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
Oct. 9, 1814 – The USS Wasp disappeared while sailing in the
Caribbean with a crew of 140.
Oct. 9, 1824 – Slavery was abolished in Costa Rica.
Oct. 9, 1835 – French composer Camille Saint-Saens was born
in Paris, and he is best remembered for his famous 1877 opera “Samson and
Dalila.”
Oct. 9, 1847
– Slavery was abolished in Saint Barthélemy and all remaining slaves were
freed.
Oct. 9, 1861 – During the Civil War, at the Battle of Santa
Rosa Island, about 600 Union troops under Col. Harvey Brown repelled a
Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens led by Brigadier General Richard H.
Anderson. Union losses were about 70, Confederate about 90.
Oct. 9, 1861 - Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Joseph G.
Sanders, aka “The Turncoat of Dale County,” enlisted in Co. C of the 31st
Georgia Infantry (known as "Captain Archer Griffith's Company of Mitchell
Guards") in Glennville, Ala.
Oct. 9, 1862 - Confederate cavalry leader General J.E.B.
Stuart left Virginia with 1,800 cavalrymen. He looted Chambersburg, Pa. on Oct.
11.
Oct. 9, 1862 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought along the Salt River, Mackville Pike and Bardstown
Road in Kentucky; at Four Locks, Maryland; and near Humboldt, Tennessee. Also
on that day, a Federal expedition from Fort Union to the Canadian River and
Utah Creek in the New Mexico Territory began.
Oct. 9, 1863 – Joseph Ganes Sanders, the “Turncoat of Dale
County,” took a furlough from the army and returned home.
Oct. 9, 1863 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought near Cole Camp, Missouri; and at Cleveland, near
Cowan at Railroad Tunnell, along the Elk River and at Sugar Creek in Tennessee.
Two days of skirmishing also began at Vermillion Bayou, Louisiana. The Bristoe
Campaign began in Virginia with skirmishing near James City. Other skirmishes
were fought at Bethesda Church, and along Chesnessex Creek, Virginia.
Oct. 9, 1864 – During the Civil War, at the Battle of Tom's
Brook, Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley dealt a humiliating defeat to
Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Va. The Yankees captured 350 men, 11
artillery pieces, and all of the cavalry’s wagons and ambulances. Nine Union
troopers were killed, and 48 were wounded. It was the most complete victory of
Union cavalry in the eastern theater during the entire war.
Oct. 9, 1864 – During the Civil War, an attack occurred on
the U.S. steamer “Sebago” in Mobile Bay, Ala.
Oct. 9, 1864 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Clarksville, Arkansas; near Van Wert, Georgia;
near Bayou Sara, Louisiana; at Boonville, California, Russellville, and in
Saint Francois County, Missouri; and near Piedmont, Virginia. Two days of
skirmishing also began at Van Wert, Georgia.
Oct. 9, 1865 – The Greenville Advocate newspaper in
Greenville, Ala. was established by Col. James B. Stanley.
Oct. 9, 1886 – National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube
Marquard was born in Cleveland, Ohio. During his career, he played for the New
York Giants, the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves. He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971.
Oct. 9, 1888 – The Washington Monument was opened to the
public for the first time. The 555-foot structure was the tallest building in
the world at the time.
Oct. 9, 1898 – National Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop and
third baseman Joe Sewell, who also lettered in football at the University of
Alabama, was born in Titus in Elmore County, Ala. During his career, he played
for the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees. A 1916 graduate of Wetumpka
High School, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977. Sewell-Thomas
Stadium, the baseball stadium at the University of Alabama, is named in his
honor and is nicknamed by Crimson Tide fans as "The Joe". He served
as head baseball coach at his alma mater from 1964 to 1969, and one of his
pitchers was future NFL standout, Alabama quarterback and 1966 MLB 10th round
draftee (Yankees) Ken "Snake" Stabler.
Oct. 9, 1890 – Outlaw train robber Rube Burrow was killed in
Linden, Ala. during a shootout with Butler County native Jefferson Davis “Dixie” Carter who shot
Burrow once in the abdomen, severing an artery and causing almost instant
death. A native of Lamar
County, Ala., Burrow robbed his first train in 1886 and by 1890 was the most
wanted outlaw in the South.
Oct. 9, 1905 - The fall term of Monroe County circuit court
convened at noon on this Monday with Judge J.T. Lackland presiding and
Solicitor O.L. Gray representing the state. “In the course of his charge to the
grand jury, Judge Lackland stated that a report had reached him that a mob had
recently captured a prisoner charged with the killing of two white men and
meted out summary punishment. He instructed the jury to make rigid
investigation into the facts of the case, remarking that every individual
composing such mobs should be indicted for murder.”
Oct. 9, 1908 - Two-term Alabama governor James “Big
Jim” Folsom was born in Coffee County, Ala. Folsom, known for farm-to-market
road paving and other programs to benefit Alabama’s common folk, served as
governor from 1947-1951 and 1955-1959.
Oct. 9, 1912 - The Alabama Equal Suffrage Association was
founded in Birmingham. Its goal was gain the right to vote for white women in
the state. At its inception, the organization consisted of members of the
Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association and the Selma
Equal Suffrage Association and included 350 white, upper-class men and women
from Birmingham and 80 from Selma, as well as individuals from Montgomery,
Auburn, and Marion. In January 1913 the AESA held its inaugural state
convention at the Hotel Albert in Selma, with seven chapters participating, and
its second convention in Huntsville in 1914, with 11 chapters attending.
Oct. 9, 1914 – Conecuh County, Ala. farmer Jenks Ewing
exhibited a potato in Evergreen that weighed 9-1/2 pounds.
Oct. 9, 1915 – A “deplorable shooting affray” occurred near
Roy, Ala. on this Saturday night in which a young man named King was shot in
the face with a shotgun by a Miss Garrett. It was allegeded that King went to
the Garrett House in an “intoxicated condition” and caused a disturbance. Miss
Garrett shot King when he allegedly drew a knife and approached her mother in a
“threatening manner.” King was taken to Mobile for treatment and Garrett was
placed in the Monroe County Jail.
Oct. 9, 1915 – Best-selling novelist Belva Plain was born
Belva Offenberg in New York City.
Oct. 9, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. James W. Dease
of Coffeeville, Ala. was killed in action.
Oct. 9, 1919 - The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The
win would be later tainted when eight Chicago White Sox were charged with
throwing the game. The incident became known as the "Black Sox"
scandal.
Oct. 9, 1921 - J.P. Langham and his young bride were in
Evergreen on this Sunday, returning from their bridal trip to their home at
Repton.
Oct. 9, 1921 - E.T. Millsap and wife motored over to
Evergreen from Monroeville on this Sunday to visit relatives.
Oct. 9, 1926 – Auburn’s junior varsity football team, under
coach Red Brown, played the Marion Cadets. Auburn’s “Baby Tiger” team included
two first-year Auburn students from Evegreen, Ala. – Ellis Shannon and Watson
Spence, who both played at Evergreen High School the year before.
Oct. 9, 1934 - The St. Louis Cardinals “Gashouse Gang”
defeated the Detroit Tigers, 11-0, in the seventh game of the World Series.
Oct. 9, 1934 – Australian writer Jill Ker Conway was born in
Hillston, New South Wales, Australia.
Oct. 9, 1936 – Castleberry’s high school football team was
scheduled to play Jay, Fla. in Castleberry on this Friday.
Oct. 9, 1936 – Evergreen Higgh School was scheduled to play
at Jackson High School.
Oct. 9, 1939 - The Fall Term of Monroe County (Ala.) Circuit
Court began with Judge F.W. Hare presiding.
Oct. 9, 1939 – South African journalist and crime writer
James Howe McClure was born in Johannesburg.
Oct. 9, 1940 – John Lennon of The Beatles was born in
Liverpool, England.
Oct. 9, 1941 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Walter C.
Wells, a 24-year-old former Evergreen, Ala. resident and 2nd Lt. in the U.S.
Marine Corps Reserves, had graduated from the Platoon Commander’s School at the
Marine Barracks in Quantico, Va. Afterwards, Wells was assigned to active duty
with the regular troops of the Marine Corps.
Oct. 9, 1942 - Jerry P. Matthews, age 74, former mayor of
Castleberry, well known and beloved citizen, died at his home in Castleberry on
this Friday after an illness of one week. Deceased was a native of Conecu
County and had lived his entire life in the community in which he died. He was
well known throughout the county.
Oct. 9, 1945 – PFC Raymond N. Bradley of Castleberry, Ala.
arrived home safely after being wounded in Italy on May 12, 1944. A member of
the 17th Field Artillery, he fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Austria,
Germany and France.
Oct. 9, 1947 – Evergreen High School beat Frisco City, 13-0,
in Frisco City, Ala. Players for Evergreen included Bozeman, Brooks, Craig,
Hanks, Logue, McIntyre, Rawls and Salter. Players for Frisco included Junior
Jones, Majors and Punk Gorday was Frisco’s head coach.
Oct. 9, 1948 – Irish poet Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast.
Oct. 9, 1951 – Southside Baptist Church in Monroeville, Ala.
officially organized with 24 charter members. A planning committee for the
construction of a new church building was also appointed with A.B. Blass as
chairman. Other members of the committee included M.L. Bergman, Ed Lee, Mrs.
Oscar Lambert and Raymond Bayles.
Oct. 9, 1952 – The Monroe Journal reported that Monroe
County’s courthouse in Monroeville was in the process of receiving a newly
decorated interior. All of the inside walls of the structure, which had housed
county legislative offices for the previous 50 years, were being repainted and
plans were underway for the floors to be refinished. The most recent interior
decoration on the courthouse prior to this was completed around five years
before. The most recent addition to the building was a fireproof record room,
which was added to its north side earlier in 1952.
Oct. 9, 1952 – The Monroe Journal reported that Miss Alice
Lee had returned from Mobile and was recuperating from an operation at her
home.
Oct. 9, 1956 – Fred Myles of Ackworth, Ga. and 28-year-old
Foy Reynolds, alias Foy Brady, of Summerville, Ga. were placed in the Conecuh
County, Ala. Jail after being arrested by Highway Patrolman Wallace Jackson at
the end of a high-speed chase that ended on the Brooklyn Road, outside
Evergreen, near the old drive-in theater. Myles was charged with driving while
intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and possible charges of car
theft, and Reynolds was held for investigation. Myles allegedly sideswiped a
truck at the north end of Travis Bridge, and Myles left the scene of the
accident, attempting to escape, but Jackson spotted Myles about three miles
outside Evergreen, gave chase to Evergreen, and on out the Brooklyn Road at
speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, to a point near the old drive-in theatre,
where Myles was apprehended.
Oct. 9, 1958 – Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Mike
Singletary was born in Houston, Texas. He went on to play for Baylor and the
Chicago Bears and later served as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers. He
was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998.
Oct. 9, 1963 – The State Board of Education announced that
Evergreen, Ala. had been selected for a “major, full-fledged trade school”
under the provisions of the governor’s trade school and junior college program.
Oct. 9, 1966
– During the Vietnam War, the Binh Tai Massacre took place.
Oct. 9, 1969
– In Chicago, the United States National Guard was called in for crowd control
as demonstrations continued in connection with the trial of the "Chicago
Eight" that began on September 24.
Oct. 9, 1970 - The Khmer Republic
was proclaimed in Cambodia.
Oct. 9, 1971 – Conecuh County, Ala. Sheriff James “Shorty”
Brock arrested two 14-year-old run-aways from Ft. Walton, Fla. in Greenville
after they broke into the Ray Brothers Grocery Store at Travis Bridge around
midnight the night before. The run-aways were hitchhiking to Ohio, where one of
their sisters lived, and broke into the store to get something to eat, stealing
soft drinks, cookies, chewing gum and a transistor radio. The run-aways were
released from the Conecuh County Jail to their parents on Oct. 11.
Oct. 9, 1976 – Former professional Scottish soccer player
Lee Peacock was born in Paisley, Scotland.
Oct. 9, 1976 – American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Nick Swardson was born in Minnesota.
Oct. 9, 1986 - The musical "Phantom of the Opera"
by Andrew Lloyd Webber had its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in
London, England
Oct. 9, 1986 – A meeting of all Conecuh and Butler County
Master Masons was scheduled to be held at the lodge in Castleberry, Ala. at 7
p.m. Invited lodges included Dean, Downing, Greening, McKenzie, Garland and
Georgiana.
Oct. 9, 1989 – Tass, the official Soviet news agency, first
reported a bizarre UFO incident in the city of Voronezh. The report included a
trio of tall aliens that had visited the city of Voronzh. "As many as
three aliens, 13 feet tall, left the spacecraft, described as a large shining
ball," according to descriptions provided by a group of children said to
have witnessed the event.
Oct. 9, 1992 - A 28-pound (est.) fragment of the Peekskill
meteorite landed in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York,
destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
Oct. 9, 1993 – Valerie Griffin was crowned Miss Heritage
during the Miss Heritage of Conecuh County Pageant at the Wiley Salter
Auditorium at Reid State Technical College in Evergreen, Ala.
Oct. 9, 1993 – Over 200 aircraft visited Evergreen during
the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual Fly-In at Middleton Field in
Evergreen, Ala.
Oct. 9, 1994 - The U.S. sent troops and warships to the
Persian Gulf in response to Saddam Hussein sending thousands of troops and
hundreds of tanks toward the Kuwaiti border.
Oct. 9, 1997 – The Monroe Journal reported, under the
headline, “Utsey possible MCHS interim,” that Reid Utsey of Monroeville was
anticipated to be named interim head baseball coach at Monroe County High
School on this Thursday when the school board held its regular monthly meeting
at the Resource Center on South Alabama Avenue in Monroeville at 10 a.m. Utsey,
who coached the Tigers’ junior varsity baseball team in the spring of 1996 and
assisted former head coach Randy Allison with the varsity team two years before,
had been recommended to assume Allison’s coaching duties by MCHS principal
Larry Turner.
Oct. 9, 2009 - Alabama author Barbara Robinette Moss died in
Kansas City, Mo.
Oct. 9, 2011 – Former Alabama offensive coordinator Homer
Smith died at the age of 79 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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