15 October 1863
On this date in 1863…
The Confederate submarine Horace L. Hunley sank for a second during time training exercises, killing 7 crew members.
Other Years:
1864 – Confederate troops occupied Glasgow, Missouri.
1883 - The US Supreme Court declared the Reconstruction Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional
1890 – Alabama Penny Savings Bank organized in Birmingham.
1954 - Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the US in North Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane, killing 195 people in the US and Canada
1955 - Buddy Holley opened for Bill Haley & the Comets in Lubbock, Texas, leading to a mis-spelled recording contract withthe name “Buddy Holly”
1962 - WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS began broadcasts
1973 - Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee released her single “Jolene,” which went to #1 on the country charts
1977 – The Arkansas Razorbacks’ Steve Little kicked a record tying 67 yard field goal.
1989 - North Carolina evangelist Billy Graham received the 1,900th star on the Hollywood Boulevard, becoming the first clergyman to be granted a star on the Walk of Fame
2011 – Legoland Florida, the world’s largest Legoland theme park, opened in Winter Haven, Florida.
2013 - Walmart announced that Doug McMillon of Memphis, Tennessee of its International Division, would become the next CEO
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