Old Hickory – Today In Southern History
8 June 1845
On this date in 1845…
U.S. President and Battle of New Orleans hero General Andrew Jackson died at his home, The Hermitage, outside Nashville, Tennessee.
Other Years:
1769 - American frontiersman Daniel Boone ascended Pilot Knob, setting sight on the fertile hunting grounds of Kentucky.
1862 – Confederates under General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson routed federal troops the Battle of Cross Keys in the Shenandoah Valley.
1861 – Tennesseans voted in open election to secede from the union.
1862 - Union General Benjamin Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
1874 – Apache leader Cochise died in New Mexico Territory.
1969 – Authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1969 - The Johnny Cash Show debuted on ABC-TV
1982 - Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home opened to the public
1991 – In the college baseball World Series, Louisiana State University won the NCAA championship defeating Wichita State, 6-3.
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