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Tallahassee History Timeline

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Today in American History

Events in Tallahassee History

  • 1868-01-20 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
  • 1899-02-13 -2°F (-19°C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
  • 1955-09-15 WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, Florida (CBS) begins
  • 1956-05-30 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
  • 1960-09-20 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1997-11-01 North Carolina State University wide receiver Torry Holt catches 5 touchdown passes in a 48-35 loss to Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee

Famous People from Tallahassee

  • 1833-11-29 Louis Douglass Watkins, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Tallahassee, Florida, (d. 1868)
  • 1892-07-15 Henry Johnson, American soldier of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), 1st US WWI soldier to receive the Croix de guerre after fighting a German raid in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a fellow soldier (posthumous Medal of Honour, 2015), born in Tallahassee, Florida, (d. 1929)
  • 1930-05-22 LaSalle Leffall Jr., American surgeon, medical educator, and 1st black president of the American Cancer Society (1978), and the American College of Surgeons (1995), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2019)
  • 1939-09-02 Bobby Purify [Dickey], American soul singer ("I'm Your Puppet"), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2011)
  • 1943-07-31 Lobo [Roland Kent Lavoie], American pop singer-songwriter ("Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"; "A Big Red Kite"), born in Tallahassee, Florida
  • 1943-09-17 Samuel T. Durrance, American scientist and astronaut (STS 35, STS 67), born in Tallahassee, Florida
  • 1949-11-06 Brad Davis, American actor (Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 1991)
  • 1968-12-27 Dean Palmer, infielder (Texas Rangers), born in Tallahassee, Florida
  • 1969-11-18 Lee Anne Ketcham, female pitcher (Silver Bullets), born in Tallahassee, Florida
  • 1970-10-12 Charlie Ward, American basketball guard (NBA: NY Knicks) and College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1993, Florida State), born in Tallahassee, Florida
  • 1972-08-28 John Buchanan, American actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man), born in Tallahassee, Florida

Famous Americans

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