October 17
2019: About 75 to 100 members of the groups Women For Trump and Engage The Right rallied peacefully against each other in front of the office of U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham (SC1-D). The main topic of contention was the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
October 19
2019: Noted scientist, explorer and oceanographer Robert Ballard spoke at John Paul II Catholic School. Ballard is best known for discovering and exploring the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
2019: Holy Trinity Classical Christian School swept the SCISA 1-A boys and girls cross country championships at Heathwood Hall in Columbia. Collin Dunham won the boys individual championship.
October 23
1964: Joe Frazier defeated Germany’s Hans Huber with a broken left thumb by a 3-2 decision to win the gold medal in heavyweight boxing at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. He finished with an amateur record of 38-2.
2023: The Beaufort Academy volleyball team defeated The King’s Academy, 3-1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-12, 25-12) to win the SCISA Class 2A championship on at Wilson Hall in Sumter.
— Compiled by Mike McCombs
