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Erle P. Halliburton, the founder of Halliburton Company (the world's second largest oil field service company), was born in Henning. Alex Haley, author, best known for Roots, winner of Pulitzer Prize in 1976 and acclaimed television miniseries; Henning was his boyhood home; Jim Hickman, Major League Baseball outfielder, 1962–74
Alex Haley House and Museum State Historic Site is one of the Tennessee Historical Commission's state-owned historic sites and is located in Henning, Tennessee, United States. It is open to the public and partially funded by an agreement with the Tennessee Historical Commission.
Source:The Baseball Encyclopedia (10 ed.). Macmillan General Reference. 1996. ISBN 978-0028608150. Note: Team names are given here according to the convention used by The Baseball Encyclopedia, which regularized them into the familiar form of modern team names. However, most teams in the early period had no name, aside from that of the club (as ...
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
Baseball, widely known as America's pastime, is well established in several other countries as well. The history of baseball in Canada has remained closely linked with that of the sport in the United States. As early as 1877, a professional league, the International Association, featured teams from both countries. [94]
The Knoxville Gazette, first Tennessee newspaper, begun. 1794 Blount College, a predecessor of the University of Tennessee, founded in Knoxville, first American nondenominational institution of higher learning. 1796 February 6 - Tennessee adopts a constitution. June 1 - Tennessee becomes the 16th of the United States.
Fort Pillow State Historic Park is a state park in western Tennessee that preserves the American Civil War site of the Battle of Fort Pillow.The 1,642 acre (6.6 km²) Fort Pillow, located in Lauderdale County on the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, is rich in both historic and archaeological significance.
The next year was the first year that all the major league teams broadcast their games. Prophetically, it was also the year of the first televised baseball game. In 1935, Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis orchestrated a radio deal that covered the World Series. All three networks were involved, and baseball made US$400,000.