1838 — A man named Spencer Asbury was tried in Fayetteville on this day. Asbury was convicted of killing Enoch Chandler one month earlier and was sentenced to be executed by hanging within the next two months for the offense. As one observer put it: “Tolerably quick work for Arkansas.”
1953 — Ray Ellis began operation of Scheduled Skyways on this day, flying John Caldwell, the University of Arkansas president; John Barnhill, the UA athletic director; and Dwight Morris to Little Rock.
1999 — The Kantz House, built in 1880 and 1881 on East Mission Boulevard, was added to the Arkansas Register of Historic Places on this day.