29 July 1862
On this date in 1862…
The most successful warship in American history, the C.S.S.Alabama, was secretly launched at Birkenhead in Cheshire, England.
Other Years:
- 1847 – Cumberland School of Law was founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, one of only 15 law schools exist in the United States at that time.
- 1932 – In Washington, D.C., federal troops dispersed the last of the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans.
- 1940 – John Sigmund of St. Louis, MO, completed a 292-mile swim down the Mississippi River.
- 1985 – General Motors announced its new Saturn automobile assembly plant would be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
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