October, 1959: October Saw the Last “Big Thursday” Football Game in 1959
On October 22, 1959, the last “Big Thursday” football contest between Clemson and South Carolina was played. The tradition began in 1896. That …
Continue ReadingNovember,1832: The Nullification Convention Meets in Columbia
Following the election of many states-rights advocates to South Carolina’s legislature, the state responded to Henry Clay’s tariff of 1832 …
Continue ReadingOctober, 1935: The opera Porgy and Bess opens in New York
George Gershwin’s adaptation of DuBose Heyward’s novella, Porgy, opened at the Alvin Theater in New York on October 10, 1935. …
Continue ReadingSeptember, 1739: John Rutledge is born to 15-year-old Sarah Hext Rutledge
Most of us know John Rutledge as a founding father of South Carolina. He served in the First and Second …
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