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1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment 1988 Kristen Logan, 17, of Mississippi, crowned America's Junior Miss 1987 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA 1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi 1981 Britney Spears, born in McComb, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Baby One More Time' 1980 Cara Lewis, Miss Mississippi Teen USA, 1997 1979 Cheryl Prewitt of Mississippi, 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980 1977 Brandee Layne Loving, Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1996 1975 Arleen McDonald, Miss USA 1977, Mississippi 1973 Monica Louwerens, Greenville Mississippi, Miss America, Miss-Top 10-1996 1973 Kari Litton, born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Miss America, Mississippi-Top 10-1997 1973 Caroline Ramagos, Miss Mississippi USA, 1996 1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68 1972 Howard Battle, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117 1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College 1969 Beth Howell, born in Clinton, Mississippi, Miss Mississippi-America, 1991 1968 Jeff Barlow, born in Jackson, Mississippi, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Carolina Classic-5th 1967 Ruthie Bolton, McClain Mississippi, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold 1967 Jeff Branson, Waynesboro Mississippi, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1966 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1966 Mississippi John Hurt, rocker, dies at 73 1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 1966 Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die 1966 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) 1965 Glen Hnatiuk, Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer, 1992 Mississippi Gulf 1964 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam 1963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from University of Mississippi 1963 [Michael] Tony Dees, Pascagoula, Mississippi, hurdler 1963 Todd Graves, born in Laurel, Mississippi, skeet, Olympics 1992, 1996 1962 James Meredith became 1st black at University of Mississippi 1962 John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi 1962 James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi 1962 John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi 1961 James Meredith refused access as a student in Mississippi 1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi 1960 Alice Regina Brown, born in Jackson, Mississippi, 4X100 runner, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1960 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1959 Missy Cleveland, Jackson, Mississippi, playmate, April, 1979 1958 Larry Smith, born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, professional basketball player, coach, played forward/center for Alcorn State University, played for NBA's Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, credited as best rebounder in the 1980's, coached Anaheim Arsenal 1957 Park Overall, born in Tennessee, actress, Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning 1956 Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters 1956 Eric Roberts, born in Mississippi, actor, Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies 1955 Steve Forbert, born in Meridian, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, wrote 1980 hit 'Romeo's Tune', compared to Bob Dylan 1955 Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award 1955 Yolanda King, actress, Fluke, Ghosts of Mississippi 1955 Willem Dafoe, born in Wisconsin, actor, Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning 1955 Paul Overstreet, born in Van Cleave, Mississippi, country singer, Daddy's Come Around 1955 Lusia Mae Harris, born in Minter City, Mississippi, basketball player, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics 1954 Oprah Winfrey, born in Mississippi, actress/TV host, Color Purple, Oprah 1953 Mike Espy, born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1987 - 1993 1953 Ralph Ezell, born in Unio,n Mississippi, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1952 Stan Shaw, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mississippi, Roots Next Generation 1952 Beth Henley, Jackson, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Miss Firecracker 1952 F Durrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi," premieres in Munich 1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths 1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois 1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded 1951 Dick Mast, born in Bluffton, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1990 Mississippi Gulf Coast 1949 Mike Parker, born in Laurel, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1989 - 1999 1949 Spencer Haywood, born in Silver City, Mississippi, NBAer, Knicks, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1948 Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Mississippi, country singer, Ridin' for a Fall 1948 Gerald McRaney, born in Collins, Mississippi, actor, Rick-Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Gerald McRaney, Collins Mississippi, actor, Simon and Simon, Major Dad 1947 Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, born in Mississippi, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage 1947 Eddie Hodges, born in Mississippi, actor/singer, High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA 1946 Alfred Jones, born in Grace, Mississippi, middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze 1946 Jessi B. Wilson, Mississippi, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1945 Hattie Winston, born in Greenville, Mississippi, actress on Nurse, Electric Company 1944 Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer and songwriter, Ode to Billy Joe 1944 Johnny Winter, John Dawson, Leland Mississippi, guitarist, Silver Train 1942 Linda G Miller, born in New York City, actress, Night of the Juggler, Mississippi 1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1941 Trent Lott, born in Grenada, Mississippi, Representative-R-Mississippi 1973 - 2007 1941 Quincey Daniels, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, boxer 1960 Olympics bronze 1941 David Ruffin, Mississippi, vocalist, Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone 1940 John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 minutes in the Mississippi River 1940 Mary Mills, born in Laurel, Mississippi, professional golfer, member, LPGA Tour, won 9 LPGA Tour victories 1939 Jerry Butler, Sunflower Mississippi, rock vocalist, Never Give You Up 1939 Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympic-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68 1938 Charley Pride, born in Sledge, Mississippi, country singer, Sweet Country 1938 Jack Knight, Somerville Mississippi, actor, Mr Shamley-James at 15 1937 Thad Cochran, born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Senator-R-Mississippi 1978 1937 Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8 1936 Stella Stevens, born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, actress, Girls! Girls!, Manitou 1936 Jim Henson, born in Greenville, Mississippi, muppeteer, Sesame Street, Muppet Show 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 1935 Elvis Presley, born in Tupelo, Mississippi, singer, Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog 1933 Fred W. Haise, Jr., Biloxi Mississippi, astronaut, Apollo 13 STS-T-1, T-3, T-5 1933 Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6 1933 Conway Twitty, born in Mississippi, country singer, Hello Darlin' 1933 Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi 1933 Lee Calhoun, Laurel Mississippi, hurdler, Olympics gold 56, 60 1932 Diane Ladd, Meridian Mississippi, actress, Wild Angels, Wild at Heart 1931 Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 James Earl Jones, Mississippi, actor, Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man 1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1930 115 degrees F (46 degrees C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) 1928 Bo Diddley, born in Mississippi, acclaimed as a founder of American rock and roll, singer, guitarist, songwriter 1927 Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist, Black Country Suite 1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess 1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road 1926 Beah Richards, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Big Shot, Generation 1925 B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Mississippi, blues singer, Thrill is Gone 1925 Jimmy Reed, born in Mississippi, blues singer, Soulin', Big Boss Man 1923 Albert King, born in Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist, Bad Look Blues 1922 Phil Gordon, Meridian Mississippi, singer and actor, Jasper-Bev Hillbillies 1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co 1920 Gillespie V. Montgomery, born in Meridian, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1967 - 1997 1920 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama and Mississippi 1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi 1918 Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orchestra leader, Redd Foxx 1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) 1917 John Lee Hooker, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, blues guitarist, Canned Heat 1917 Shakey, Walter Horton, Mississippi, harmonicist, Everybody's Fishin' 1917 Rufus Thomas, born in Mississippi, singer, Walking the Dog 1916 Winson Hudson, community activist, rural Mississippi 1915 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta 1915 Willie Dixon, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, bassist, Walkin' the Blues 1914 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi 1914 Dovie Hudson, community activist in rural Mississippi 1911 Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' 1910 Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire 1910 Jamie L. Whitten, born in Cascilla, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1941 - 1995 1909 Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1909 Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1909 Eudora Welty, born in Jackson, Mississippi, novelist, Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973 1909 Dana Andrews, Collins Mississippi, actor, Battle of the Bulge, Laura 1908 Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees 1906 Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 1905 Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Mississippi, actor, Car 54 Where Are You 1904 James Eastland, born in Doddsville, Mississippi, Senator-D-Mississippi 1941 - 1941 and 1943 - 1978 1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist 1901 John C. Stennis, born in Mississippi, Senator-D-Mississippi, 1947 - 1989 1901 John C. Stennis, born in Mississippi, Senator-D-Mississippi 1947 - 1989 1897 William Faulkner, Mississippi, author, Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949 1897 Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Mississippi, country singer/singing brakeman 1895 William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer, Afro-American 1893 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi) 1893 Mississippi John Hurt, rocker 1893 "Big Bill" Broonzy, born in Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist, Blues by Broonzy 1892 Roscoe Ates, Grange Mississippi, actor, Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass 1892 Dumas Malone, Mississippi, historian, Jefferson and His Time 1886 Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed 1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1884 Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1883 John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi 1880 Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi 1875 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi 1870 John Lomax, Mississippi, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist 1870 Mississippi is readmitted to U.S. 1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves 1868 Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson 1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi 1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg) 1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi 1864 Battle at Okolona, Mississippi 1864 Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi 1864 Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi 1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1864 Sherman's march through Mississippi 1863 Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces 1863 Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Raymond, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi 1863 Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) 1862 Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee 1862 Battle of Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties) 1862 Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out 1862 Battle of Booneville, Mississippi - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth 1862 Battle of Farmington, Mississippi 1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1862 Ulysses S. Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi 1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi 1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy 1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign 1861 U.S. forts and property seized by Mississippi 1861 Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede 1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa 1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies 1834 1st published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered, Henry R. Schoolcraft 1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft. Snelling 1817 Mississippi admitted as 20th state 1817 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage 1817 Mississippi River steamboat service begins 1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi 1811 Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards 1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1798 Mississippi Territory organized 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi 1795 Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi 1770 Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi) 1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1673 Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi 1542 Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R 1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River 1541 Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) |
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