Saturday, March 06, 2010
Flashback: What Happened on March 06, ....
• 1750 - Dr. Thomas Walker began an expedition as a representative of the Loyal Company during which he explored the Greenbrier River and the New River.
• 1835 - The Virginia General Assembly passed an act authorizing the appointment of a geologist to study the chemical composition of the state’s soil, minerals, and mineral waters.
• 1862 - President Lincoln offered economic aid for states that abolish slavery.
• 1879 - The West Virginia Legislature passed an act providing for the use of convict labor on works of internal improvement, including railroads and public roads. It was approved by the governor on March 8.
• 1900 - Coal mine explosion at the Red Ash Mine, Fayette County, two miles south of Thurmond, killed 46.
• 1914 - Henry Green was executed by hanging at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville (Marshall County) for a murder committed in Mingo County.
• 1929 - Frank Butler first published the Oak Hill Times newspaper, Fayette County.
• 1953 - The House of Delegates defeated the coal severance tax of Governor Marland by voting 56 to 41 to postpone consideration of the bill indefinitely.
• 1978 - President Carter invoked the Taft-Hartley Act, which would place coal mines under federal jurisdiction. However, a government commission ruled that there was no national emergency, so Taft-Hartley was not applicable.
• 1984 - The West Virginia Senate voted to change the state primary election from June to May in order to have more of an impact on the presidential primaries.
• 1992 - Federal employee Bob Caron, who headed efforts to clean up toxins in Fayette County and evaluated oil-stained beaches in Saudi Arabia for the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned after being accused of faking his credentials.
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