June 4, 1647
– Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe died. He was
Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of
the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth.
June 4, 1754 - Lieutenant Colonel George Washington began
building Fort Necessity.
June 4, 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for
the Kingdom of Great Britain.
June 4, 1798 – Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Casanova
died at the age of 73 in Dux, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
(Czech Republic).
June 4, 1800 – Gov. Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi
Territory created all the territorial lands into one county, which he called
Washington, and McIntosh Bluff, 40 miles north of Mobile on the Tombigbee
River, was selected as the first county seat.
June 4, 1800 - Washington County
was created as a county of the Mississippi Territory by proclamation of
Governor Winthrop Sargent. It was the first county in the state of Alabama, and
the county's original boundaries extended 300 miles east to west and 88 miles
to the north and south. Some 26,400 square miles of Washington County's
original territory were carved out to make 16 counties in Mississippi and 29
counties in Alabama.
June 4, 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S.
state, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.
June 4, 1816 – “The Washington,” the first stately,
double-decker steamboat, was launched at Wheeling, W.V.
June 4, 1825 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette gave a speech at the Eagle Tavern, Lafayette Square,
Buffalo. Lafayette followed part of the route of the still-uncompleted Erie
Canal from Buffalo across New York.
June 4, 1855
– Major Henry C. Wayne departed New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish
the U.S. Camel Corps.
June 4, 1862 - Confederate forces slipped out of Fort
Pillow, Tenn., a key stronghold on the Mississippi River, and Corinth, Miss.,
clearing the way for the Union capture of Memphis on June 6.
June 4, 1862 – During the
Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Woodville and Huntsville in Alabama.
June 4,
1862 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were fought at Sweeden's Cove,
Tennessee and at Osborn's Creek and Wolf's Creek in Virginia.
June 4, 1863 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee continued
to mobilize his army for an invasion of Pennsylvania by sending Richard Ewell's
corps out of Fredericksburg toward the Shenandoah Valley.
June 4, 1863 – During the Civil
War, Abraham Lincoln suggested the ban on the Chicago Times be lifted and Edwin
Stanton ordered Ambrose Burnsides to do it.
June 4, 1863 – During the Civil
War, an engagement was fought at Franklin, Tenn., and an affair occurred at
Lake Saint Joseph, La.
June 4, 1863 – During the Civil
War, skirmishes were fought at Snow Hill and Liberty in Tennessee; at Fayetteville,
Arkansas; at the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana; at Mechanicsburg, Mississippi
and on Lawyer's Road and at Frying Pan, Virginia.
June 4, 1863 – During the Civil
War, the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. entered Day 17.
June 4, 1864 – During the Civil
War, a skirmish was fought near Morganza, La. Affairs also occurred at Hudson's
Crossing, Oklahoma and at Harrisonburg and Port Hudson.
June 4, 1864 - Joe Johnston
withdrew from the Dallas-New Hope line to Lost Mountain-Pine Mountain-Brushy
Mountain.
June 4, 1868 - Benjamin Faneuil Porter, a doctor and lawyer
who lived in Claiborne for about six years, before becoming a state legislator,
judge and Mayor of Greenville, died of heart failure in Greenville, Ala. and
was buried at Pioneer Cemetery in Greenville, Ala.
June 4, 1876 - A mere 83 hours after leaving New York City,
the Transcontinental Express train arrived in San Francisco.
June 4, 1886 – The Monroe Journal reported that Col. T.C.
McCorvey, Commandant of the State University, had recently been appointed by
President Cleveland as a member of the board of visitors of the United States
Military Academy at West Point for the present year. The faculty of the University
granted Col. McCorvey a two-week leave of absence.
June 4, 1886 – The Monroe Journal reported that there was a
move afoot to obtain a post office money order office at Monroeville.
June 4, 1886 – The Monroe Journal reported that the
neighboring creeks and mill ponds were popular resorts for bathers and were
much frequented on Sunday evenings.
June 4, 1886 – The Monroe Journal reported that the Rev.
G.R. Upton, pastor of the Episcopal church of Evergreen, had preached a series
of sermons at Perdue Hill during the past week.
June 4, 1887 – Rube Burrow, who would rob a train at
Flomaton, Ala. and eventually get gunned down in Linden, Ala., and his gang
committed their third train robbery at Mary’s Creek near Benbrook, Texas,
robbing the eastbound Texas & Pacific train from El Paso around 7:45 p.m.
June 4, 1896 – Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle,
his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gave it a successful test run in
Detroit, Mich.
June 4, 1896 – The Monroe Journal reported, in news from the
Carlisle community, that Mr. Dennis, the “young justice of the peace,” now had
a bicycle.
June 4, 1896 - A heavy rain fell in the Nero community on
this Thursday, “accompanied by a pretty stiff wind blowing down a great deal of
corn, some just beginning to tassel,” according to The Monroe Journal.
June 4, 1907 - Dr. D.R. Nettles of Peterman attended the
annual meeting of the Royal Arch Chapter on this Tuesday evening.
June 4, 1914 – W.B. Coker, who lived north of Evergreen,
Ala., plucked Conecuh County’s first cotton bloom.
June 4, 1916
– During World War I, the Battle of Lutsk marked the beginning of the Brusilov
Offensive, the largest and most successful Allied offensive of World War I, as
Russian troops attacked the Austro-Hungarian 4th Army at the city of Lutsk (now
in Ukraine) with an impressive bombardment from nearly 2,000 guns along a
200-mile-long front stretching from the Pripet marshes to the Bukovina region
to the southwest, in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.
June 4, 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded: Laura
E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott and Florence Hall received the first Pulitzer for
biography (for “Julia Ward Howe”). Jean Jules Jusserand received
the first Pulitzer for history for his work “With Americans of Past and Present
Days.” Herbert B. Swope received the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work
for the “New York World.”
June 4, 1917 - There was to be some stereopticon scenes at
the Baptist church at Catherine on this Monday night for the benefit of the
Missionary Society, carried out by Rev. Page of Nicholsville.
June 4, 1918 - A “white boy” was killed by the train at
Sparta, Ala. “His head was cut off and the body otherwise mangled.”
June 4, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Eddie C.
Smith, 23, of Florala, Ala. “died from disease.” He was a member of the 167th
Regiment (4th Alabama) Infantry. According to the June 13, 1918
edition of the Florala News-Democrat, Smith, a former employee of the J.N.
McClung & Co., died in France of pneumonia. Born on April 23, 1895, he was
buried in the McGee Cemetery in Coffee County, Ala. (His headstone, which he
shares with a Pvt. M.L. Smith, indicates that he died on June 5, 1918.)
June 4, 1919 – The U.S. Congress approved the 19th
Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed suffrage to
women, and sent it to the U.S. states for ratification. Women across America
voted in their first national election in November of 1920.
June 4, 1919 – The Evergreen Courant reported that bad
weather had interfered with the commencement exercises of the Agricultural
School in Evergreen, but despite this people braved the rain and slush to
attend each of the exercises. There was a large congregation at the Baptist
Church on the morning of Sun., June 1, to hear the commencement sermon by Dr.
Preston of Andalusia. On the night of Tues., June 3, the graduation address was
delivered and diplomas were awarded to 14 girls and boys. The address was
delivered by Dr. E.C. Moore.
June 4, 1919 – The Evergreen Courant reported that F.F.
Feagin of Flomaton, Ala. had purchased the City Drug Store from Deming and
Thigpen, and Feagin was scheduled to take charge of his new business on June 4.
Feagin was also running a drug store at Flomaton at that time.
June 4, 1928 - At the annual convocation of Monroe Chapter
No. 122 on this Monday evening, the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: John M. Sowell, High Priest; H.A. Baggett, King; W.H. Hines,
Scribe; E.M. Salter, Captain of Host; Q. Salter, Principal Sojourner; M.R.
Sowell, Royal Arch Captain; E.A. Thompson, Master Third Vail; J.J. Hestle,
Master Second Vail; A.L. Nettles, Master First Vail; G.L. Nettles, Sentinel;
L.L. Hendrix, Secretary-Treasurer.
June 4, 1928 – Sex expert Ruth Westheimer, aka “Dr.
Ruth,” was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Frankfurth, Germany.
June 4, 1931 - There was to be a baseball game at the high
school ball park in Monroeville on this Thursday afternoon, with the girls
playing the married men. The game was sponsored by the Monroeville Chapter of
the Order of the Eastern Star. A game of this type had been played the previous
fall at the Monroeville ball field. The married men won the first game.
June 4, 1939
– During “The Holocaust,” the MS St.
Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to
land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba.
Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration
camps.
June 4, 1939 – Flomaton’s baseball team beat the Evergreen
Greenies, 6-2, on this Sunday. Watson pitched for Evergreen and gave up seven
hits, including to Turberville, Flomaton’s centerfielder, who hit a home run in
the first at-bat of the game and added a triple later. Hanna scored for the
Greenies in the fourth and tied up the ball game but Flomaton came back in the
sixth and scored five runs off of two hits, a walk, a bean ball and two errors.
Murphy brought in the only other score of the game in the seventh frame.
However, the game was played under protest by Evergreen.
June 4, 1940 – During World War II, the Dunkirk
evacuation ended as British forces completed the evacuation of 338,000 troops
from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill
delivered his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
June 4, 1940 - Forbes Field hosted its first night game.
The Pirates beat the Braves, 14-2.
June 4, 1940 - Sportsman's Park hosted its first night
game. It was the first National League game to be played at night. The Dodgers
beat the Cardinals, 10-1.
June 4, 1940 – Carson McCuller’s novel, “The Heart Is a
Lonely Hunter,” first appeared.
June 4, 1941 – The “first rain in nearly two months” fell
on this Wednesday in Evergreen, Ala., the “few glittering drops” providing a
“slight break in the drought.” It was the first significant rain in Evergreen
since April 15.
June 4, 1942 – During World War II, the Battle of Midway
began when Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo ordered a strike on Midway Island by
much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
June 4, 1942
– German SS officer and politician Reinhard Heydrich died at the age of 38 in Prague-Libeň,
Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia (now Prague, Czech Republic) after he was attacked in Prague on May 27, 1942 by
a British-trained team of Czech and Slovak soldiers who had been sent by the Czechoslovak
government-in-exile to kill him in Operation Anthropoid.
June 4, 1958 - Six vacancies existed at this time on the
faculties at Monroe County, Ala. schools, H.G. Greer, Superintendent of
Education, said on this Wednesday in listing a number of replacements for other
positions. Greer also announced that Miss Ida Shomo, a teacher in Monroe County
schools for over 50 years, had retired as history and mathematics instructor at
Monroe County High School. She had been at MCHS for 35 years.
June 4, 1961 - President John F.
Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union, meeting in Vienna,
struck a bargain to support a neutral and independent Laos.
June 4, 1962 – William Faulkner’s novel, “The Reivers,”
was published, the last novel he published before his death.
June 4, 1964 - Sandy Koufax threw his third career
no-hitter.
June 4, 1964 – The Evergreen Courant reported that Fitzhugh
Ellington, minister of the Evergreen Church of Christ, that month began the 13th
year of his ministry in Evergreen, Ala. During the 12 years of his service, the
church had made much progress in every way. Payment for the sanctuary had been
completed, additional lots purchased and an educational building constructed
and paid for, as well as heating and air conditioning the church plant.
June 4, 1965 - Maj. Gen. Lewis Walt
took command of the 3rd Marine Division from Maj. Gen. William Collins. Walt
was concurrently named Commander of the III Amphibious Force (III MAF), the
first corps-level Marine Corps headquarters in history. As such, Walt was in
command of two Marine divisions and responsible for I Corps Tactical Zone, the
northernmost region of South Vietnam, which bordered the Demilitarized Zone.
His command also included serving as Chief of Naval Forces Vietnam, as well as
being Senior Adviser to the commander of South Vietnam’s I Corps, who was
responsible for the security of the northern portion of South Vietnam.
June 4, 1968 - Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers
pitched his sixth consecutive shutout.
June 4, 1969 – Army Private First Class Charles L.
Johnson Jr., 20, of Evergreen, Ala. was assigned to the Army’s 1st Logistical
Command in Vietnam.
June 4, 1971 - The Oakland A's beat the Washington
Senators, 5-3. The game took 21 innings.
June 4, 1971 – For one day only, a “valuable collection
of authentic Western relics” was put on display at the Conecuh County Library
in Evergreen, Ala., courtesy of C.L. Rogers.
June 4, 1972 – Horror writer Joe Hill was born Joseph
Hillstrom King in Hermon, Maine.
June 4, 1973 - Alabama author Arna Bontemps died in
Nashville, Tenn.
June 4, 1974 - A radio version of Alabama author Ambrose
Bierce's story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was broadcast as
part of the series “The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre.”
June 4, 1974 - The Cleveland Indians had "Ten Cent
Beer Night." Due to the drunken and unruly fans, the Indians forfeited to
the Texas Rangers.
June 4, 1974 - The NFL granted the Seattle Seahawks
franchise.
June 4, 1974 – Wilcox County, Ala. native Hank Aaron set
a National League record when he hit his 16th career grand slam.
June 4, 1984 - Bruce Springsteen released his "Born
in the U.S.A." album.
June 4, 1985 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower
court ruling striking down an Alabama law that provided for a daily minute of
silence in public schools.
June 4, 1989 – New York Yankee Deion Sanders hit his
first Major League home run. Batting leadoff for the first time because Rickey
Henderson took the day off, Sanders – known more for his speed – ripped a 1-0
pitch down the right-field line in Milwaukee for his first MLB homer. The
21-year-old phenom, just months shy of making his pro football debut that fall,
helped the Yankees to a 12-9 win with the blast.
June 4, 1989 – Chinese troops stormed Beijing’s Tianamen
Square to crack down on students conducting pro-democracy demonstrations.
June 4, 1994 - In Kuwait, six men were sentenced to death
for plotting to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush.
June 4, 1996 - Eddie Murray hit his 535th double. He moved
into 18th on the all-time list by passing Lou Gehrig.
June 4, 1997 - Michael Irvin of the Dallas Cowboys announced
that he was putting his NFL career on hold. Irvin later retracted his
announcement and returned to the game.
June 4, 1998 – Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison
for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 4, 2000 - Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays got
his 2,000th career hit.
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