Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Today in History for Aug. 26, 2014

John Trotwood Moore
Aug. 26, 1858 –John Trotwood Moore, who lived in Monterey in Butler County for four years and Pine Apple in Wilcox County for two years, was born in Marion in Perry County. An author, novelist, magazine publisher, newspaper editor and columnist, teacher and State Librarian for Tennessee, he passed away in Nashville on May 10, 1929.

Aug. 26, 1861 – During the Civil War, Union forces were defeated at Cross Lanes.

Aug. 26, 1861 - During the Civil War, Confederate General John Floyd occupied the bluffs overlooking Carnifex Ferry on the Kanawha River.

Aug. 26, 1862 - Confederate troops under General Fitzhugh Lee entered Manassas Junction and captured the rail center. This event set the stage for the Second Battle of Bull Run, which began on August 29.

Aug. 26, 1867 – Physician and state representative from Monroe County, Dr. William Cunningham, passed away at Burnt Corn.

Aug. 26, 1914 – The Louisville & Nashville Railroad announced that it would inaugurate an all-steel passenger train between New Orleans and New York, starting on Jan. 1, 1915. This train was to be the finest south of the Ohio River with electric lights, made of solid steel and fitted with all modern conveniences.

Aug. 26, 1939 - The first televised major league baseball games were shown on station W2XBS. The event was a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Aug. 26, 1947 – Daniel Robert “Dan” Bankhead, a native of Empire, Ala., became the first black pitcher in major league baseball.

Aug. 26, 1982 – The First National Bank Building (also known as the Timmerman Building) in Andalusia was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Aug. 26, 1987 – The Robbins Hotel in Beatrice, which burned down on Oct. 12, 2012, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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