The Natchez War – Today In Southern History
24 February 1730
On this date in 1730…
With both sides running low of ammunition, the French and Natchez Indians agreed on a peace settlement in which the Natchez released all of their prisoners and the French withdrew to the Mississippi River.
Other Years:
1836 – Colonel William Travis issued a call for help on behalf of the Texan troops defending the Alamo.
1863 – Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry raided Brentwood, Tennessee.
1863 – Arizona organized as a separate territory from New Mexico.
1868 – The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Johnson was later acquitted by one vote in the Senate.
1868 – The Mardi Gras celebration at Mobile, Alabama became the first U.S. parade to feature floats.
1921 – The first transcontinental flight of more than 24 hours flight time arrived in Florida.
1943 – The Texas League announced it would suspend baseball for the duration of WWII.
1949 – A V-2/WAC-Corporal became the first rocket to travel five times the speed of sound at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
1979 – The highest price ever, $42,500, was paid for a prize-winning pig in Stamford, Texas.
1999 – The State of Arizona executed Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, despite Germany’s legal attempts to save him.
1986 – Texas Air bought Eastern Airlines for $676 million.
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