Today in Tennessee History
Cities in Tennessee: Knoxville, TN - Memphis - Nashville
Historical Events
Results 1 - 73 of 73
1760-08-07 - Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1784-08-23 - Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it
1796-06-01 - Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
1797-07-08 - 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1809-10-11 - Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
1838-01-26 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
1838-01-26 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
1847-07-29 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
1861-02-09 - Tennessee votes against secession
1861-05-06 - Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th state to secede from US
1861-06-08 - People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union
1861-06-08 - American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
1861-06-24 - Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US
1862-02-06 - Gen Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
1862-02-15 - Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee
1862-04-06 - Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
1862-08-30 - Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
1862-09-25 - Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee
1862-10-22 - Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
1862-11-20 - Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee
1862-11-20 - Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
1862-12-17 - Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee
1862-12-18 - Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)
1862-12-31 - Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1862-12-31 - Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee
1863-02-24 - Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee
1863-03-25 - Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee
1863-08-08 - American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday.
1863-08-17 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
1863-09-08 - -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
1863-10-10 - Skirmish at Blue Springs, Tennessee (166 casualties)
1863-10-11 - Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson's Mill, Tennessee
1863-10-13 - Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)
1863-11-14 - Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863-11-24 - Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
1863-11-25 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1863-12-15 - Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)
1864-01-16 - Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
1864-02-22 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
1864-03-11 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
1864-08-21 - Gen-major Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee
1864-11-01 - -Dec) Tennessee campaign
1864-11-04 - Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1865-02-22 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
1866-07-19 - Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights
1866-07-24 - Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union
1870-11-08 - Democratic governor elected in Tennessee
1874-08-26 - 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
1886-09-14 - George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon
1902-03-28 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
1912-06-19 - Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A & L State College
1916-10-07 - 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
1917-12-30 - -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)
1920-08-18 - Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
1925-03-13 - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
1925-03-23 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
1925-05-05 - John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
1930-08-09 - 113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)
1931-04-02 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1933-05-18 - Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
1952-01-12 - University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student
1956-09-03 - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
1960-04-01 - Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
1963-09-28 - "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1982-01-08 - Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
1982-05-01 - 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee opens
1988-12-17 - USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned
1991-03-23 - 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee
1992-04-11 - Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1995-09-11 - Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423
1996-06-29 - Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss
2000-01-30 - Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans, 23-16 at the Georgia Dome Atlanta MVP: Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB
2006-04-02 - Over 60 tornadoes break out, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 18 of 18
1745-09-23 - John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn)
1836-09-10 - Joseph Wheeler II, Maj Gen (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee)
1900-08-03 - John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution
1913-03-02 - Marjorie Weaver, Crossville Tennessee, actress (Young Mr Lincoln)
1919-02-13 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker)
1920-06-02 - Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1927-11-08 - Patti Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], Claremont Ok, singer (Tennessee Waltz)
1934-09-25 - John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut
1936-03-15 - Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
1941-02-13 - Andrea Conte, First Lady of Tennessee
1943-09-23 - Bob Clement, (Rep-D-Tennessee)
1944-09-22 - John Tanner, (Rep-D-Tennessee)
1947-07-21 - John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-Tennessee)
1971-02-19 - Becca Lee, Tennessee, Miss USA (Tenn-3rd-1996)
1972-07-02 - Towanna Stone, Miss USA-Tennessee (1997, 3rd)
1972-11-02 - Jeni Stephens, Memphis Tennessee, Miss America-Tennessee (1997)
1978-04-19 - Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996)
1978-09-18 - Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA (Tennessee, 1997)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1875-07-31 - Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
1991-10-16 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
1991-10-17 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
