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| Wiggins Cemetery at Mexia in Monroe County, Ala. |
July 12, 1817 – Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Mass.
July 12, 1861 - Confederate special commissioner Albert Pike completed treaties with the members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, giving the new
Confederate States of America several allies in Indian Territory.
July 12, 1862 – The Medal of Honor was created when
President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a measure calling for the awarding of
a U.S. Army Medal of Honor, in the name of Congress, "to such
noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by
their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present
insurrection."
July 12, 1930 – The thermometer at the Evergreen weather
observation station registered a high mark of 107.5 degrees on this day and the
day before.
July 12, 1979 – Infamous “Disco Demolition” night at
Comiskey Park in Chicago, which led to at least nine injuries, 39 arrests and
the cancellation and forfeiture of a game between the White Sox and the Detroit
Tigers.
July 12, 1980 – Local weather reporter Earl Windham reported
a high temperature of 101 degrees in Evergreen.
July 12, 1980 – Brenda Joy Yancey, 34, drowned in the
Sepulga River at Cobb’s Landing at about 8:30 p.m.
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