Nacogdoches – Today In Southern History
9 July 1716
9 July 1716
On this date in 1716…
Spanish missionaries established the Mission of Nuestra Senora deGuadalupe was established for the Nacanish and the Nocogdoche band of the Caddo tribe in what became Nacogdoches, Texas, the first stop for American settlers emigrating to Texas.
Other Years:
1755 – British General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded during Battle of Fort Duquesne during French and Indian War. Lt. Col. George Washington of the Virginia Militia assumes command and saves the force during the withdrawal.
1776 – The American Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops.
1846 – The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 square miles) was returned to Virginia by Congress.
1862 – Confederate General John Hunt Morgan recaptured Tompkinsville, KY
1864 – Confederate General Jubal Early’s troops advanced on and threatened Washington, D.C.
1864 – Factory works and surrounding homes in New Manchester, GA were burned under direct order of federal General William Tecumseh Sherman. A wooden dam across Sweetwater creek was blown up causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of further destruction to civilian property.
1868 – Louisiana and South Carolina are the last states to ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution
1918 – 101 killed and 171 injured in worst the US train wreck in Nashville, TN
1948 – Satchel Paige made his MLB debut, pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland against St. Louis
1967 WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC began broadcasts
1968 – The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
1982 – A Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in a storm near Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after take-off, killing 153 people
1985 – Herschel Walker of Wrightsville, Georgia, a player for the New Jersey Generals, was named the Most Valuable Player in the United States Football League.
1988 – Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan became the seventh player to win 100 games with two teams as the Astros beat the Mets
2015 – The South Carolina House of Representatives approved taking down the Confederate flag from its compromise location at the Confederate monument on the Capitol grounds.
2018 – Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper bought the Carolina Panthers for a NFL record $2.275 billion
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