September 6

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September 6

  • 1875: Charles Carter Newman, future Professor of Horticulture at Clemson, born at Sparta, Georgia this date.
  • 1930: Annual freshman stunt night, or Rat Stunt Night, held in the college chapel (Tillman Auditorium).
  • 1934: During the General Textile Strike, a 22-day work stoppage in which some 400,000 textile workers from New England to the Deep South walked out to protest low wages and poor working conditions, violence breaks out this date at the Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, South Carolina, when, at approximately 7:45 p.m., non-union workers and special deputies open fire with pistols and shotguns on some 300 unionized workers from Honea Path and Belton who had formed a long line at the mill. Six people are killed immediately, most shot in the back as they attempted to flee, and one dies later in the Anderson County Hospital (now AnMed Health). More than 20 others are wounded. The national strike ultimately fails, and sets the anti-union attitude in the South for the next fifty years. A commemorative plaque was dedicated in Honea Path to the victims on May 29, 1995. The mill closed on January 31, 2003, and is being razed after the Town of Honea Path opted not to purchase the site from current owners, Blair Mills.
  • 1971: TAPS '72 drop-in in the annual offices on the ninth level above the Loggia, 8 p.m.
  • September 6-September 11, 1971: The College of Agricultural Sciences sponsors Aggie Week, culminating with a Friday night dance, with music by Utopia, free admission. An Ag Queen is crowned.
  • 1997: Clemson opens at home against Appalachian State, winning 23-12.
  • 2003: The Clemson Tigers defeat the Furman Paladins, 28-17, recovering a little face after the August 30 0-30 blanking by the Georgia Bulldogs in Death Valley.
  • 2006: The United States Army Corps of Engineers concludes its final day of a site inspection of the former World War II Lake Issaqueena Bombing Range to determine the presence or absence of munitions or their components.
  • 2007:Clifton S.M. “Chip” Egan has been named interim dean for Clemson University’s College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. He will serve a two-year term while the university conducts a national search for a permanent dean. Egan built his academic reputation through the performing arts, but his long association with Clemson University includes numerous leadership positions and cross-disciplinary projects. Hired in 1976 as an assistant professor in the English department’s theater program, Egan chaired the performing arts department for nine years. He also served as interim chairman for the department of communication studies and the English department. Egan retired in 2004 and spent two years on the road pursuing a career in free-lance theater. The adventure took Egan around the country, but Clemson lured him back last fall to serve a year as interim chairman for the English department. Egan said he hopes to use his term to position the college for a successful search for a permanent dean. “The College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities is at the very core of Clemson’s dramatic rise in quality and stature,” he said. “Our college generates many of the most creative initiatives on the campus and establishes much of Clemson’s intellectual climate. I am honored to serve as interim dean.” University President James F. Barker said, "Chip Egan is an outstanding teacher and leader at Clemson. His skills in collaboration will serve the College and its professions well." Egan takes over the job held for the last six years by Janice Schach, who resigned in August to return to a full-time faculty position.
  • 2008: Clemson defeats the Citadel in Death Valley, 45-17. The Clemson Wiki Main Page tallies hit number 57,000.
  • 2009: The Clemson Wiki Main Page tallies its 81,000th hit.



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