The Graveyard of Ships – Today In Southern History
2 August 1795
2 August 1795
On this date in 1795…
A hurricane wrecked a fleet of eighteen Spanish ships on Cape Hatteras claiming the lives of all passengers and crew. Thousands of ships have wrecked of Cape Hatteras, earning it the name, “The Graveyard of Ships.”
Other Years:
1776 – Members of the Continental Congress began adding their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.
1861 – The U.S. Congress passed the first income tax. The revenues it raised were intended to finance the war against the South. The tax was later ruled unconstitutional.
1909 - US issues the first Lincoln penny, featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the front and wheat stalks on the reverse. It is take as one more insult b Southerners
1920 - Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey presents his “Back to Africa” program in the US
1938 – Experimental bright yellow baseballs were used in a major league baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals for better visibility.
1943 - Future “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry of El Paso, Texas crashed his B-17 “Yankee Doodle,” on takeoff, killing two crew members
1952 - 17-year-old future world champion Floyd Patterson of Waco, NC won the middleweight gold medal for boxing at the Helsinki Olympic Games
1983 – U.S. House of Representatives approved a law that designated the third Monday of January would be a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The law was signed by President Reagon on November 2.
2020 - The SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of America, completing the first commercial crewed mission
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