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| William Phips |
Oct. 29, 1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris was
held, leading to the death of three people.
Oct. 29, 1692 – In connection with the Salem witchcraft
trials, Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips prohibited further arrests,
released many accused witches and dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
Oct. 29, 1844 – Ingraham Spense of the Conecuh Guards was
born at Bermuda. He first entered Confederate service on April 9, 1863 in
Evergreen with Co. E, 4th Ala. Infantry, and served with that unit until
paroled at the close of the war in 1865. He was a Second Sergeant at the close
of the war.
Oct. 29, 1863 – During the Civil War, a skirmish occurred at
Cherokee Station, Alabama
Oct. 29, 1863 - In Hamilton County, Tenn., the Battle of
Wauhatchie (Brown's Ferry) came to an end after forces under Union General
Ulysses S. Grant opened a supply line in Chattanooga after driving away a
Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. The new supply line allowed
the Union to hold the city and prepare for a major new offensive the next
month.
Oct. 29, 1864 – Confederate heroine Emma Sansom of Gadsden
married Christopher B. Johnson and moved to Texas in late 1876 or early 1877.
Oct. 29, 1864 – During the Civil War, a skirmish occurred at
Muscle Shoals (or Raccoon Ford) near Florence, Alabama.
Oct. 29, 1885 - Union General George B. McClellan died from
a heart attack at the age of 85 in Orange, New Jersey.
Oct. 29, 1911 - American newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer passed
away at the age of 64 in Charleston, S.C.
Oct. 29, 1914 – The Conecuh Record reported that a “shooting
affray occurred at Castleberry a few days ago” between John Parker and John
Ellis. Ellis was shot and seriously wounded by Parker, who was arrested and
placed in the Conecuh County Jail.
Oct. 29, 1914 – The Conecuh Record reported that Minnie L.
Hart had been appointed postmaster at Range, Ala.
Oct. 29, 1921 – In one of the biggest upsets in college
football history, Harvard lost to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning
streak.
Oct. 29, 1947 - A forest fire in Concord, N.H. was soaked
with rain produced by seeding cumulus clouds with dry ice-- the first such
attempt in the U.S.
Oct. 29, 1960 – An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football
team crashed on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
Oct. 29, 1966 – In an incident often attributed to the
Bermuda Triangle, “Southern Cities,” a 67-foot tugboat left Freeport, Texas
with a 210-foot barge in tow. The tugboat and its crew disappeared, but the
barge, complete with its cargo and intact towline would be found by searchers.
Oct. 29, 1973 - O.J. Simpson, of the Buffalo Bills, set two
NFL records. He carried the ball 39 times and he ran 157 yards putting him over
1,000 yards at the seventh game of the season.
Oct. 29, 1979 - Willie Mays severed all ties with major
league baseball when he accepted a public relations job with an Atlantic City
casino.
Oct. 29, 1981 – Mike Qualls was named sports editor of The
Monroe Journal in Monroeville, Ala.
Oct. 29, 1989 – Lee Roy Jordan of Excel was inducted into
Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor.
Oct. 29, 1989 - Ozzie Newsome ended his NFL streak of 150
consecutive game receptions.
Oct. 29, 1991 – The asteroid “Gaspra” was photographed for
the first time by the space probe Galileo.
Oct. 29, 1993 – Episode No. 7 of “The X-Files” – entitled
“Ghost in the Machine” – aired for the first time.
Oct. 29, 1995 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers became
the NFL's career leader in receiving yards with 14,040 yards.
Oct. 29, 2001 – Prairie Mission (also known as the Prairie
Mission School and Prairie Institute) in Prairie in Wilcox County and the Opp
Commercial Historic District in Covington County were added to the National
Register of Historic Places.
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