The Killer – Today In Southern History
9 June 1958
On this date in 1958…
Jerry Lee Lewis published a full-page ad in Billboard magazine to help stifle the controversy that has harmed his music career. He wrote, “I confess that my life has been stormy, I hope that if I am washed up as an entertainer, it won’t be because of this bad publicity.”
Other Years:
1732 – The English crown granted a royal charter for Georgia colony to James Oglethorpe.
1742 – At the Battle of Bloody Marsh, Spanish troops tried to drive English colonists from St. Simons Island, Georgia.
1838 – Chickasaw Chief Ishtahotapa and 129 followers left Pontotoc, Mississippi for Indian Territory. However, many Chickasaw remain behind due to smallpox outbreaks in the assigned lands. Ishtahotapa’s wife would die before reaching their destination.
1862 - Stonewall Jackson concluded his Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory at Port Republic.
1863 – The largest cavalry battle ever fought on American soil took place as Confederates under JEB Stuart repulsed a federal attack at Brandy Station in Virginia.
1973 – Virginia-foaled, Kentucky thoroughbred Secretariat became the first horse in 25 years to win racing’s Triple Crown.
1989 – Congress issued it’s final report on the space shuttle Challenger disaster.
2022 - NASA announces it would begin research into UFOs, focusing on unidentified aerial phenomena
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