19 September 1827
On this date in 1827…
Though shot three times, stabbed twice, and having a sword cane lodged in his chest, Jim Bowie killed Norris Wright and cut off Alfred Blanchard’s arm at the Sandbar Fight when a brawl broke out after a duel outside Natchez, Mississippi.
Other Years:
1676 - Rebels led Nathaniel Bacon set fire to Jamestown, Virginia
1796 – U.S. President George Washington’s farewell address was published.
1862 – Confederates under General Sterling Price confronted a large federal force at the Battle of Iuka, Mississippi. Both sides suffered a combined 1,700 casualties.
1863 – The Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia began. Although it cannot accurately be determined, many historians consider this (instead of Sharpsburg) to be the deadliest day in U.S. military history.
1947 - Jackie Robinson of Cairo, Georgia was named 1947 MLB “Rookie of the Year”
2008 - Greg Maddux of San Angelo, Texas pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants
2024 - CNN reported that North Carolina Republican nominee for Governor Mark Robinson posted messages on a porn site ten years earlierand called himself a “black NAZI”
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