4 January 1995
# Southern #KnowSouthernHistory
On this date in 1995...
Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich became the 58th Speaker of the US House of Representatives. This prompted one yankee news anchor to complain that with a Southern president, vice-president, Senate Majority Leader, and Speaker of the House in place, the "Southern-isation" of the U.S. was now complete. (Obviously, he erred.)
Other Years:
- 1818 - Forces under Andrew Jackson occupied the Red Stick Creek village of Fowltown, on the Flint River in Georgia. Jackson’s troops destroyed the village to keep the Red Sticks from returning.
- 1861 - Alabama state troops seized the federal arsenal at Mt. Vernon, Alabama.
- 1923 - The Barn Dance Show was first broadcast on WBAP from Fort Worth, Texas.
- 1968 – A Texas duck hunter accidentally shot an endangered whooping crane.
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