1954 Event 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 1941 Birthday Mary Alice, Indianola MS, newscaster, CBS, Lettie-Different World 1913 Birthday Rosemary Lane, born in Indianola, Iowa, actress, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody 1903 Event President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1886 Event Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas 1861 Event Indianola Texas - "Star of West" taken by Confederacy