March 19, 1590 - William Bradford, the founder and governor
of the Plymouth Colony, was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.
March 19, 1628 - The Massachusetts colony was founded by
Englishmen.
March 19, 1687 – French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur
de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi
River, was murdered by his own men near present-day Huntsville, Texas. He was
43 years old.
March 19, 1692 – In connection with the Salem witchcraft
trials, Abigail Williams denounced Rebecca Nurse as a witch.
March 19, 1734 - Thomas McKean was born in Chester County,
Pa. He served as president of the state of Delaware, president of the U.S.
Congress under the Articles of Confederation and chief justice of
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.
March 19, 1809 – Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
was born in Great Sorochintsy, Ukraine.
March 19, 1813 – Scottish explorer and medical missionary
David Livingston was born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
March 19, 1819 – The Selma Land Company was formed by George
Caleb Tate.
March 19, 1821 – Sir Richard Francis Burton was born at 9:30
p.m. to Captain Joseph Netterville Burton and Martha Baker Burton in Torquay,
Devon, England. He would grow up to be an English geographer,
explorer, translator, writer, soldier and all-around adventurer. His books
include “A Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Medinah and Meccah” (1855),
and he wrote the definitive English translation of “A Thousand Nights and a
Night,” which is mostly commonly referred to as “The Arabian Nights.”
March 19, 1822 - The city of Boston, Mass. was incorporated.
March 19, 1825 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette arrived in Savannah, Georgia.
March 19, 1831 - The first reported bank robbery in U.S.
history occurred at the City Bank at 52 Wall Street in New York City. Using a
set of duplicate keys, shoe salesman Edward Smith committed the robbery and
stole $245,000 in bank notes and Spanish doubloons.
March 19, 1842 – Honore de Balzac’s play “Les Ressources de
Quinola” opened at the Odeon Theater in Paris.
March 19, 1848 - Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth,
Warren County, Illinois. He would grow up to become a gambler,
sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal of Tombstone, Az., where he took part in
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
March 19, 1860 – U.S. politician William Jennings Bryan was
born in Salem, Ill. On April 8, 1918, Bryan, a famed orator, congressman,
three-time Democratic Presidential nominee, spoke at the Old Monroe County
Courthouse in Monroeville, Ala. in favor of national prohibition.
March 19, 1861 – During the Civil
War, Fort Clark, Fort Inge and Fort Lancaster, all in Texas, were abandoned by
Federal forces.
March 19, 1862 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought with Indians in Owen’s River Valley, Calif.; at
Carthage, Mo.; at Strasburg, Va.; and at Elk’s Mountain, West Va. A five-day
Federal operation began in Johnson County, Mo., and Federal reconnaissance took
place on May River in South Carolina.
March 19, 1862 - The mission to
take back the Mississippi River and thus divide the Confederacy had two naval
leaders: Flag Officer Andrew Foote was working down from the north. He was
currently hung up at Island No. 10, downriver from New Madrid. Mo. His opposite
number was Flag Officer David Farragut, moving up from the South. He stopped in
Biloxi on this day for newspapers. “They speak volumes of discontent...” he
wrote in his report. “The cord is pulling tighter. God alone decides the
contest, but we must put our shoulders to the wheel.”
March 19, 1863 – The SS Georgiana, said to have been
the most powerful Confederate cruiser, was destroyed on her maiden voyage with
a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
March 19, 1863 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought along Frog Bayou, Ark.; at Hazel Green, Ky.; at
Liberty, Spring Hill and Richland Station in Tennessee; and in the vicinity of
Winchester, Va. Federal reconnaissance to False River, La. was conducted, and a
five-day Federal reconnaissance toward Doniphan, Mo. took place.
March 19, 1863 – During the Civil
War, the USS Hartford and the USS Monongahela successfully passed the Grand
Gulf, Miss. batteries on the Mississippi River. A year later and Flag Officer
David Farragut, although Admiral Farragut by this time, was not much further up
the Mississippi. Admittedly he did not have a great deal of help in the matter.
He had started the week with seven ships, but the others had been damaged or
destroyed in battling Port Hudson. He contented himself today with going ashore
towards Natchez to tear down telegraph lines.
March 19, 1863 – 59TH ALABAMA: The 59th
Alabama was attached to First Battalion, Palmer’s Brigade, Department of East
Tennessee, Second Battalion Gracie’s Brigade, Department of East Tennessee,
Third Battalion attached to Department of East Tennessee.
March 19, 1864 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought with Indians on the Eel River in California; along
the Cumberland River in Kentucky; at Black Bayou, La.; at Beersheba Springs,
Tenn.; and at Laredo, Texas. A Federal operation between Rolling Prairie and
Batesville in Arkansas took place, and a five-day Federal operation between
Lexington and Jackson in Missouri began. A Federal operation took place between
Salem and Orleans in Virginia.
March 19, 1864 - Charles Marion Russell, one of the greatest artists of the American West, was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
March 19, 1865 – During the Civil War, the Battle of
Bentonville began in Johnston County, N.C. Union General William T. Sherman
defeated Confederate General Joseph Johnston in the battle, and by the end of
the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks,
North Carolina. The Union lost 194 men killed, 1,112 wounded, and 221 missing,
while the Confederates lost some 240 killed, 1,700 wounded, and 1,500 missing.
March 19, 1865 – Lt. Col. Andrew B. Spurling led his forces
out of Fort Barrancas in Florida and moved them to the east side of Blackwater
Bay, completing the move by March 21 thanks to help from the steamer,
Metamoras. Advanced elements of Spurling’s troops reached Milton, Fla. on March
19.
March 19, 1865 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Welaka and Saunders in Florida; at the Neuse
River Bridge, close to Goldsborough, N.C.; and at Celina, Tenn. A five-day
Federal operation between Warrensburg and Columbus in Missouri began.
March 19, 1886 – The Monroe Journal reported that “the
Hibbard place” had been bought by the Monroeville Methodist Church and was to
be repaired and converted into a parsonage.
March 19, 1886 – The Monroe Journal reported that a number
of young gentlemen and ladies of Monroeville had called for a meeting to
organize a temperance society. “They succeeding in obtaining a sufficient
number of names and after adopting a constitution, a petition was filed in the
probate court authorizing them to proceed with the work reformation.”
March 19, 1894 – Comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley was born in
Brevard, N.C.
March 19, 1896 – The Monroe Journal reported that W.H.
Louiselle of the Bear Creek Mill, was in Monroeville a few days before.
March 19, 1896 – The Monroe Journal reported that Dr. S.W.
Yarbrough of Monroeville had been awarded the contracts for carrying the U.S.
mail on the star routes from Monroeville to Pine Apple and from Evergreen to
Perdue Hill for the term of four years, beginning on July 1.
March 19, 1896 – The Monroe Journal reported, in news from
the Burnt Corn community, that Dr. W.F. Betts had just completed a “handsome
residence opposite Mr. Kysers.”
March 19, 1896 – The Monroe Journal reported that John Chunn
had the misfortune to lose a barn containing a quantity of cotton seed, oats
and farming implements by fire at Tinela.
March 19, 1896 – The Monroe Journal reported, in news from
the Manistee community, that farmers were quite busy planting corn and
preparing their lands for cotton.
March 19, 1896 – Jno. McLeod, who lived just over the Monroe
County line in Wilcox County, committed suicide by shooting himself with a
pistol, while intoxicated, at Bell’s Landing. He was a close relative of the
Hon. E.R. Morrissette.
March 19, 1900 - Archeologist Arthur John Evans began the
excavation of Knossos Palace in Greece.
March 19, 1905 - French explorer S. de Segonzac was taken
prisoner by Moroccans.
March 18, 1906
– German SS officer Adolf Eichmann was born in Solingen,
Rhine Province, Germany.
March 19, 1914 - Editor and author Thomas Cooper De Leon
died in Mobile, Ala.
March 19, 1916 – The Rev. J.E. McCann of Andalusia occupied
the pulpit at the Methodist church in Monroeville, Ala. on this Sunday morning
and evening. Dr. McCann made a special appeal at the morning service on behalf
of Emory University.
March 19, 1916 – On this day, the First Aero Squadron, organized in 1914 after the outbreak of World War I, flew a support mission for the 7,000 U.S. troops who, six days earlier, had invaded Mexico on President Woodrow Wilson’s orders to capture Mexican revolutionary Francisco Pancho Villa dead or alive.
March 19, 1918 – The U.S. Congress established time zones
and approved daylight saving time.
March 19, 1919 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Ralph
McCreary had reached home during the past week from France, where he’d landed
in October, but too late to see active service at the front. McCreary said that
“the Huns knew his outfit was about to get in the mix-up, and they were anxious
for the armistice before that happened.”
March 19, 1925 – The Monroe Journal published the following
“Program of the LaFayette Centennial Celebration” to be held at Claiborne on
April 9, 1925 – “The Marquis de LaFayette, represented by a member of the
French Embassy at Washington will arrive at Fort Claiborne Thursday morning at
10 o’clock April 9, 1925 on the Alabama River packet John Quill. He will be
escorted from the ferry, the original landing place of the Marquis April 5,
1825 by Hon. John McDuffie, representing Mr. Dillette of old Fort Claiborne, a
company of prominent men of the county, a group of old soldiers of the
Confederacy, Boy Scouts, Indians and a United States Marine Band to the grounds
prepared for the celebration. The addresses will be made from the rostrum on
which LaFayette made his address 100 years ago.”
March 19, 1925 – The Monroe Journal published the following
“SPECIAL NOTICE” – “The LaFayette Ball to be given at the Masonic Hall, Perdue
Hill, April 9, will be in costume. The costumes may be rented from J.C. FISHER,
Inc., 255 South 9th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Less than 20 costumes
$2.50 each; 20 or more, $2 each; wigs, 50 cents extra. Orders should be mailed
not later than March 25.”
March 19, 1925 – The Monroe Journal published the following
“SPECIAL NOTICE” – “The people of the county attending the LaFayette
celebration at Claiborne April 9 are requested to bring baskets containing the
following: cakes, pies, sandwiches, salads, pickles. The bread will be
furnished and the meats will be barbecued on the grounds. The dinner will be
served in cafeteria style and ladies from different communities have been
appointed to help. On arrive, please deliver baskets to the committee in
charge.”
March 19, 1927 – National Baseball Hall of Fame center
fielder Richie Ashburn was born in Tilden, Neb. He went on to play for the
Philadelphia Phillies, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets. He was inducted
into the Hall of Fame in 1995.
March 19, 1933 – Novelist Philip Roth was born in Newark,
New Jersey. His first book, “Goodbye Columbus,” won the National Book Award,
and his book “Portnoy’s Complaint” was the best-selling book of 1969.
March 19, 1935 – Lester and Bob Atkinson of Andalusia, Ala.
unearthed 113 rare, old coins, including a $5 gold piece, in an old corn field
near River Falls. Some of the coins dated from as far back as 1600.
March 19, 1936 – The Monroe Journal reported that the work
on the new school building in Monroeville, Ala. had gone forward rapidly during
the favorable weather of the past few weeks. The brick walls had been built to
the second story and in a short time the roof was expected to be reached. The
building was rapidly taking shape and many favorable comments on the beauty of
the new building were being heard from those who have viewed it up to that
date.
March 19, 1936 – The Monroe Journal reported that two murder
cases were scheduled for trial the following week before Circuit Judge F.W.
Hare at the regular criminal week for Monroe County’s circuit court. Both these
cases were for murder in the second degree. Otis Pines was to be tried on
Tues., March 24, in connection with the death of another man. On Wed., March
25, Cleveland Andress was to go on trial for the killing of a Montgomery man
near Beatrice several months before. The two men were said to have become
involved in a quarrel and Andress killed Montgomery by hitting him over the
head with a large stick.
March 19, 1944
– During World War II, Nazi forces occupied Hungary.
March 19, 1945 – During World War II, Adolf Hitler issued
his "Nero Decree," ordering all industries, military installations,
shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be
destroyed before they could fall into Allied hands as German forces were
retreating.
March 19, 1945 - The commander of the German Home Army, Gen.
Friedrich Fromm, was shot by a firing squad for his part in the July plot to
assassinate the Fuhrer. The fact that Fromm’s participation was half-hearted
did not save him.
March 19, 1950 - Author James Redfield was born near
Birmingham, Ala.
March 19, 1952 - George W. Estes, age 44, popular and well-known
teacher of Vocational Agriculture at Lyeffion High School, died at a Greenville
hospital, following an illness of many months. He was a devoted member of the
Church of Christ and a Mason. He was buried in the Mount Zion Methodist Church
Cemetery in Conecuh County.
March 19, 1953 – Army PFC James P.
Westry of Wilcox County, Ala. was killed in action in Korea. Westry was a
member of the 461st Infantry Battalion, Heavy Mortars. Some sources say he was
wounded while fighting the enemy in North Korea on March 19, 1953 and was
evacuated to the United States where he died on April 14, 1953. Westry was
awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service
Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal,
the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service
Medal.
March 19, 1953 - Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real"
premiered in New York City.
March 19, 1954 - A judge issued an injunction calling for
Wilhelm Reich’s orgone energy accumulators to be destroyed and the banning of
Reich's books containing statements about this energy. Reich was a psychiatrist
and scientist who believed he'd discovered a form of energy, which he called
"orgone."
March 19, 1962 – Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan
released his first album, “Bob Dylan,” on Columbia Records label.
March 19, 1964 – The Evergreen Courant reported that John
Nielsen had been named Evergreen’s Outstanding Young Man of the Year by the
Evergreen Jaycees. Nielsen was an executive at Knud Nielsen Co. and was
extremely active in civic and church affairs. He was also the vice-president
and president-elect of the Rotary Club, Republican Chairman of Conecuh County
and deacon of Evergreen Baptist Church.
March 19, 1964 - Sean Connery began shooting his role in the
James Bond movie "Goldfinger."
March 19, 1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued
at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate
cruiser, was discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist
E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
March 19, 1966 - Steve Sloan and Paul Crane, All-American
football players while playing with the National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide
in 1965, were to be the guest speakers at the First Baptist Church in
Monroeville, Ala. on this Saturday night during Youth Week activities. Rev. L. Reed
Polk, pastor, said the service was open to the public.
March 19, 1970 - The National
Assembly granted “full power” to Premier Lon Nol, declared a state of
emergency, and suspended four articles of the constitution, permitting
arbitrary arrest and banning public assembly.
March 19, 1976 - Actress
Rachel Blanchard was born in Toronto, Canada.
March 19, 1976 – NBA point guard Andre Miller was born in
Los Angeles, Calif. He went on to play for the University of Utah, the
Cleveland Cavaliers, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Denver Nuggets, the
Philadelphia 76ers, the Portland Trailblazers, the Washington Wizards, the
Sacramento Kings, the Minnesota Timberwolves and the San Antonio Spurs.
March 19, 1983 - Sue Hawsey killed a 16.5-pound gobbler on
this Saturday morning, according to The Evergreen Courant. The turkey had a
six-inch beard and the spurs measured 13/16 of an inch.
March 19, 1986 – Weather reporter Earl Windham reported 2.41
inches of rain in Evergreen, Ala.
March 19, 1991 - NFL owners voted to take the 1993 Super
Bowl away from the city of Phoenix because Arizona didn't recognize Martin
Luther King Day.
March 19, 1992 – The Evergreen Courant reported that
journalism professor Ed Williams, a Conecuh County, Ala. native, had been named
Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year in the Auburn University College of
Liberal Arts. Williams was recognized at the Student Government Association’s
annual Honors Day Banquet. A 1971 graduate of Evergreen High School, Williams
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Williams of Owassa. He attended Jefferson
Davis State Junior College in Brewton from 1971-72 and received his B.S. and
M.A. degrees at the University of Alabama.
March 19, 1992 – The Evergreen Courant reported that
Hillcrest High School’s baseball team were “on a record-setting pace with an
early 5-2 record and three consecutive wins.” The Jags were scheduled to play
at Excel High School on this day and were set to avenge an earlier loss against
Andalusia High School on Fri., March 20, in Evergreen, Ala.
March 19, 1992 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Sparta
Academy’s baseball team returned eight starters from the previous year’s 12-8
team. Mike Bledsoe was Sparta’s head coach.
March 19, 1993 – Hillcrest High School’s baseball team was
scheduled to begin area play against Charles Henderson of Troy in Evergreen.
March 19, 1998 – The Alabama House of Representatives passed
a resolution that designated Conecuh County as the Collard Green Capital of
Alabama.
March 19, 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush announced
that U.S. forces had launched a strike against "targets of military
opportunity" in Iraq. The attack, using cruise missiles and
precision-guided bombs, were aimed at Iraqi leaders thought to be near Baghdad.
March 19, 2010 – The Wiley Estis Cemetery and the Willis
Estis Cemetery in Clarke County, Ala. were added to the Alabama Historic
Cemetery Register.
March 19, 2013 – The Bear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in
Wilcox County, Ala. was added to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.
March 19, 2013 – A series of bombings and shootings killed
at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
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