23 October 1864
#KnowSouthernHistory
On this date in 1864...
Union General Samuel R Curtis defeated Confederate General Stirling Price at the Battle of Westport, ending Price's Missouri Raid.
Other Years:
- 1828 - Confederate cavalry General Turner Ashby was born in Fauquier County, Virginia.
- 1930 - J.K. Scott won the first miniature golf tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. naval "quarantine" of Cuba was approved by the Council of the Organization of American States.
- 1993 - Oklahoma's Joe Carter, while playing for the Toronto Blue Jays, became only the second player to end the World Series with a home run.
Read: Why Know Southern History?
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