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| John Murphy historical marker at Gosport, Ala. |
Sept. 21, 1784 - "The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily
Advertiser" were published for the first time in Philadelphia. It was the
first daily paper in America.
Sept. 21, 1820 - Union General John Fulton Reynolds was born
in Lancaster, Pa.
Sept. 21, 1841 – Former Alabama governor John Murphy of
Monroe County died at his plantation in Clarke County and was buried at
Gosport.
Sept. 21, 1858 – Arthur P. Bagby passed away in Mobile. Born
in Louisa County, Va., in 1794, he arrived at Claiborne in 1818 with his
worldly belongings tied in a handkerchief and affixed to a stick over his
shoulder. He would go on to become a prominent lawyer, congressman and Alabama
governor.
Sept. 21, 1866 - H.G. Wells, pioneer of science fiction, was
born on this day in Bromley, England.
Sept. 21, 1897 - The New York Sun ran the "Yes, Virginia,
there is a Santa Claus" editorial. It was in response to a letter from
8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon.
Sept. 21, 1912 – Around 5:30 a.m., the No. 2 passenger train
and a freight train collided a few hundred feet above the north switch on the
L&N Railroad in Evergreen. The Courant described it as “one of the worst
train wrecks that has been on this division of the L&N in a long while” and
that “it was nothing short of a miracle that no one was killed.”
Sept. 21, 1914 – The new Conecuh County High School opened
in Castleberry for the first time in a building that cost $10,000 to construct.
Members of the building committee included Elisha Downing, Dr. R.T. Holland and
P.M. Skinner. Miss Sarah E. Luther was principal and had the distinction of
being the only female principal of a high school in the state. The faculty
included C.E. Williams (a science and manual training teacher and director of
boys’ athletics) and Lucile M. Cobb of Tuskegee (teacher of English, expression
and physical culture). The school’s opening ceremonies included a big barbecue,
an exhibition drill by the Conecuh Guards and a baseball doubleheader with
Garland. “It was a history-making day, and it will be pointed to in the years
to come as one of the greatest occasions in the history of Castleberry.”
Speeches were made by Mayor E. Downing, Supt. R.E.L. Key, C.S. Rabb and State
Superintendent W.F. Feagin and members of the school faculty, the principal
speech being made by Feagin.
Sept. 21, 1914 – The Evergreen City School opened to begin the
1914-15 school year.
Sept. 21, 1918 – During World War I, Army Pvt. Will Dickson
of Repton “died from disease.”
Sept. 21, 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" was
first published.
Sept. 21, 1941 - Alabama author Fannie Flagg was born in
Irondale, Ala.
Sept. 21, 1947 – Horror novelist Stephen King was born in
Portland, Maine.
Sept. 21, 1951 – In high school football, Brantley beat
Repton, 33-0, in Brantley.
Sept. 21, 1957 – “Crazy in Alabama” author Mark Childress
was born in Monroeville, Ala.
Sept. 21, 1967 – Evergreen High School’s Elliott “Buck”
Quarles was named the Outstanding Player of the Week by the Evergreen Jaycees
for his performance against Monroe County High School on Sept. 15.
Sept. 21, 1970 - "NFL Monday Night Football" made
its debut on ABC-TV. The game was between the Cleveland Browns and the New York
Jets. The Browns won, 31-21.
Sept. 21, 1971 - The American League approved the move of
the Washington Senators to Arlington, Texas.
Sept. 21, 1981 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton
struck out the 3,118th batter of his career to break Bob Gibson’s National
League record for career strikeouts. Despite Carlton’s 10 shutout innings and
12 strikeouts, the Phillies lost the marathon game to the Montreal Expos in the
17th inning, 1-0.
Sept. 21, 1982 - National Football League (NFL) players
began a 57-day strike. It was their first regular-season walkout.
Sept. 21, 1996 - Hank Williams III made his Grand Ole Opry
debut at the age of 23.
Sept. 21, 2008 - The New York Yankees played their last game
at Yankee Stadium. The new Yankee Stadium opened across the street in 2009.
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