1994 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country 1991 Death Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77 1976 Event Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1972 Birthday Cherokee Parks, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves 1969 Event Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82 1945 Birthday Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Statesman 1931 Birthday Louis W. Ballard, born in Cherokee, Quapaw, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee' 1901 Event Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant 1893 Event Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1839 Event Cherokee Nation forms 1828 Event 1st American Indian newspaper in U.S., "Cherokee Phoenix," published 1760 Event Ft. Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians 1755 Event Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
