1990 Event 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1972 Event WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1971 Event National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1970 Event WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday Dillard Pruitt, Greenville, South Carolina, PGA golfer, 1991 Chattanooga Classic 1960 Birthday Mark Kevin Carnevale, Annapolis, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1992 Chattanooga 1958 Birthday Wayne Dickert, Chattanooga, Tennessee, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96 1958 Birthday Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners 1958 Event WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Birthday June Forester, Chattanooga, Tennessee, country singer, Forester Sister-Men 1956 Event WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday Rick Honeycutt, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals 1954 Event WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting 1942 Event Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1941 Event Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA 1941 Birthday C L "Gibby" Gilbert, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1976 Danny Thomas 1940 Birthday Fred Cash, Chattanooga, Tennessee, rocker, Impressions 1939 Birthday Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tennessee, rock vocalist, Impressions-Gypsy Woman 1931 Event Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1908 Birthday Grady Sutton, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, actor, Pruitts of South Hampton 1864 Event Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga Georgia to Atlanta GA 1863 Event Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee 1863 Event Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, Tennessee begins 1863 Event Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins 1863 Event Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga 1863 Event Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends 1863 Event Battle of Chickamauga Georgia (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat 1863 Event Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign
