15 August 1935
On this date in 1935…
Famous Southerner, Cherokee, comedian, social commentator, and actor, Will Rogers was killed at the age of 55 in a plane crash with legendary Southern aviator Wiley Post near Point Barrow, Alaska.
Other Years:
1824 - Freed American slaves establish Liberia on the West African coast through the American Colonization Society. Many of them soon enslave native Africans.
1863 - The Confederate submarine “CSS H.L. Hunley” arrived in Charleston on railroad cars after transport from Mobile, Alabama, where it was built
1864 - The CSS Tallahassee captured six yankee schooners off the New England coast
1911 – Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company and spurred a revolution in Southern kitchens.
1954 - WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV began broadcast
1955 – Hurricane Connie dissipated after killing 43 people in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland.
1962 – Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg, Georgia.
1970 – Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball during a kick for the Orlando Panthers.
1971 - KVRL TV 26 in Houston, Texas began broadcasts
1993 - Pitcher Nolan Ryan achieved his 324th and final victory as the Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians 4-1
1995 – Following a court order, Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet enrolled at The Citadel. She dropped out after less than a week.
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