Missouri Secession – Today In Southern History
31 October 1861
31 October 1861
On this date in 1861…
Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson signed the Missouri Ordinance of Secession in Neosho, Missouri since the Missouri’s capital, Jefferson City, had already been occupied by Federal invaders and troops raised from recent German socialist immigrants.
Other Years:
1860 – Juliette Gordon Low, the founder off the Girl Scouts, was born in Savannah, Georgia.
1861 - President Davis issues his first ‘Thanksgiving’ proclamation beating Lincoln to the punch by almost three years.
1961 – A federal judge ruled that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields were illegal.
1969 – Wal-Mart Discount City stores were incorporated in Bentonville, Arkansas.
1969 – A race riot erupted in Jacksonville, Florida.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicted former Enron Corporation chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the company’s collapse.
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