The MySaline Daily History features major events throughout time, on September 23rd, whether around the world or right here in Saline County, Arkansas.
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Saline County, Arkansas
1974 – The Benton-Bryant football rivalry gets its famous “start,” including the infamous pink-marshmallow helicopter prank – Read more at this link
1996 – Benton City Council moves toward closing a railroad crossing – Read more at this link
Arkansas
1911 – Letona in White County is incorporated as a town, having grown around the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, timber and agriculture – Read more at this link
1921 – Clarence Byrle Craft is born in San Bernardino, California. He later moved to Arkansas and became a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Battle of Okinawa – Read more at this link
1957 – The Little Rock Nine enter Central High School under police protection, but an angry crowd outside forces authorities to remove them from the school for their safety – Read more at this link
United States
1779 – John Paul Jones wins a famous naval battle against the British off the coast of England during the American Revolution – Read more at this link
1780 – British Major John André is captured with papers exposing Benedict Arnold’s plan to surrender West Point to the British – Read more at this link
1806 – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis after their historic expedition to the Pacific coast – Read more at this link
1949 – President Harry Truman announces that the United States has evidence of an atomic explosion in the Soviet Union, confirming that the Soviet Union has joined the nuclear arms race – Read more at this link
World
1846 – German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory – Read more at this link
1923 – Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is published. The book eventually becomes one of the most widely read works of prose poetry in the world – Read more at this link
1933 – A group of American geologists arrives in Saudi Arabia, beginning a journey that would lead to the discovery and development of the country’s enormous oil resources – Read more at this link
1959 – A memorial honoring John Paul Jones and the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head is unveiled in England – Read more at this link
1989 – Hurricane Hugo strikes the South Carolina coast, becoming one of the most destructive hurricanes in the state’s history – Read more at this link
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