October 18
From ClemsonWiki
October 18 in Clemson History
- 1902: A supposed Clemson football team arrives in Atlanta over the Southern Railway on Friday, October 17 and is witnessed making it a late night out on the big city pleasures. Goaded by seeing the night owl regimen of the Tigers, Georgia Tech fans bet heavily on the home team. Then the real Clemson squad arrives to play, having spent the night in Lula, Georgia, north of Atlanta where Coach John Heisman has quartered them in a hotel. The Tigers defeat Georgia Tech handily, 44-5, leading series, 3-0.
- 1913: Auburn administers loss with identical score as the Alabama game the previous week, 0-20, to the Tigers on Bowman Field. Auburn leads the series 3-6.
- 1965: South Carolina Senator and Clemson graduate Strom Thurmond speaks in Tillman Hall.
- 1977: Some 1,200 students rally Tuesday night in the deteriorating Amphitheatre to protest administration plans for the outdoor theatre. Proposal drawings have circulated showing the columns removed and the facility being remodelled with "Clemson pink brick". From this ground swell, "Save Our Amphitheatre People" (SOAP) is born, and who will ultimately prevail in having the facility redone in traditional appearance. The rejected renovation plan was supposed to begin in November but will be delayed for further study.
- 1978: The Speakers Bureau presents comedian Kelly Montieth in Tillman Auditorium.
- 1979: The Pocket Mime Theatre performs in Daniel Auditorium.
- 1994: The university janitor is released on a personal recognizance bond of $500 in the October 7 indecent exposure/blackmail attempt case. In another incident, a female student escapes a sexual assault attempt outside the Dillard laundry building about 10:30 p.m.
| October 17 | October | October 19 |
