Today in Arkansas History
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Historical Events
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1819-03-02 - Territory of Arkansas organized
1831-12-25 - Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1836-06-15 - Arkansas becomes 25th state
1859-02-28 - Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1861-04-23 - Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
1861-05-06 - Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US
1861-05-06 - American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1862-01-04 - -Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post)
1862-07-06 - Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties)
1862-07-12 - Federal troops occupy Helena Arkansas
1862-07-15 - CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
1862-08-06 - Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862-11-28 - Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)
1863-01-09 - -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)
1863-01-11 - Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
1863-07-04 - Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties)
1863-09-01 - Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas
1863-09-27 - Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
1864-03-29 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
1864-03-30 - Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
1864-04-02 - Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
1864-04-03 - Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
1864-04-04 - Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1864-04-15 - General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
1864-04-25 - Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1864-04-29 - -30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
1864-04-30 - Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
1868-01-07 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1868-06-22 - Arkansas re-enters US
1869-03-13 - Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
1905-02-13 - -29°F (-34°C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
1919-10-13 - Race riot at Elaine Arkansas
1921-03-04 - Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
1931-02-03 - Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
1936-08-10 - 120°F (49°C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
1956-10-14 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Arkansas Golf Open
1957-09-04 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1957-09-23 - White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1965-08-09 - Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die
1968-05-15 - A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1968-11-12 - Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional
1977-10-15 - Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal
1980-01-01 - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1981-09-12 - Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
1982-01-05 - Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1982-05-13 - Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
1982-12-03 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1985-04-20 - ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1987-12-28 - In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark
1989-07-23 - Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas
1995-04-03 - 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
1995-12-30 - Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10
1996-05-28 - U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
1998-03-24 - Jonesboro massacre: Two students, ages 11 and 13, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are dead and ten are wounded.
Famous Birthdays
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1802-10-16 - Isaac Murphy, Governor of Arkansas (1864-68) (d. 1882)
1851-12-21 - Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1880-02-10 - Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1886-01-03 - John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
1910-01-07 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
1912-10-27 - Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)
1914-11-11 - Daisy Bates, publisher/head (Arkansas NAACP)
1921-03-03 - Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train)
1923-03-26 - Clifton Williams, Traskwood Arkansas, band master (Sinfonians)
1924-12-26 - Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.
1925-08-12 - Dale L Bumpers, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975- )
1928-07-16 - Ray Thornton, (Rep-D-Arkansas)
1930-05-27 - William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
1933-12-15 - Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy)
1934-08-29 - David H Pryor, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- )
1938-11-07 - Dee Clark, Arkansas, singer (Hambone, Nobody But You)
1942-11-13 - Beth Brickell, Camden Arkansas, actress (Gentle Ben)
1946-04-13 - Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer (Lets Stay Together)
1949-08-11 - Tim Hutchinson, (Rep-R-Arkansas)
1951-04-05 - Roosevel Ferguson, Arkansas, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1956-05-28 - Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988)
1966-01-17 - Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991)
1971-04-06 - Tamara Henry, Miss USA-Arkansas (1997)
1973-09-25 - Melonie McGarrah, Rogers Arkansas, Miss America-Arkansas (1997)
1974-08-23 - Paula Gaye Montgomery, Cabot Ark, Miss America (Arkansas-3rd-1996)
1975-09-11 - Tiffany Parks, Miss Arkansas USA (1996)
1978-04-21 - Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1996)
1978-10-10 - Brandi Watkins, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1997)
Famous Deaths
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1869-07-15 - A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated
1973-02-22 - Winthrop Rockefeller, US governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
1994-12-14 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (b. 1910)
2003-01-25 - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936)
2006-07-16 - Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)
