The Great Compromiser – Today In Southern History
29 June 1852
On this date in 1852…
The Great Compromiser, statesman Henry Clay of Kentucky died at the age of seventy-five in Washington, D.C. With Clay’s passing the South would soon learn that compromise is not necessarily a good thing.
Other Years:
1704 – A force of 50 South Carolinian militia and 1,000 Creek warriors attacked and destroyed the Spanish San Damian de Cupahica Mission, near present-day Tallahassee, Florida.
1767 - British Parliament passed the Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America and intensifying opposition to British rule
1776 – Virginia adopted a state constitution and chose Patrick Henry as its first state governor.
1862 – The Battle of Savage’s Station, Virginia.
1899 – The Brazos River in Texas flooded 12 miles wide and caused $10 million in damage.
1939 - The “Dixie Clipper” completed it’s first commercial airline flight to Europe
2020 - The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that abortion restrictions in Louisiana unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law
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