September 20

September 20 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: The Watsons Go to Birmingham began showing on the Hallmark Channel.
2011: William Bell was sworn in for another 2-year term as Mayor of Birmingham.
2008: The inaugural Leeds Downtown Folk Festival was held in Leeds.
2007: The first John Henry Days festival was held in Leeds.
1974: Clara Verner Towers in Tuscaloosa was topped-out.
1973: Uriah Heep; Earth, Wind & Fire; and Tucky Buzzard played at Rickwood Field.
1964: The cornerstone of Vestavia Hills Methodist Church was laid.
1926: Edgewood held a special election to annex the unincorporated Grove Park and Rosedale Park areas and rename itself Homewood.
1897: 5 miners were killed in the 1897 Belle Ellen Mine fire.
1890: The trustees of Trinity Methodist Church (Southside) purchased property at 30th Street and Avenue F.
1887: John Henry competed in a legendary contest against a steam hammer.
1887: George H. Johnson shot John Yancey near the intersection of 20th Street and Avenue I in a dispute over an eviction, and also shot Birmingham Police Captain J. B. Donaldson in the ensuing confusion.
1863: Captain Goldsmith Hewitt II was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga.

Robert Terrell, born September 20, 1862

Births

1979: Miles College instructor Demetrius Newton Jr was born.
1935: News reporter, photographer & editor Tom Lankford was born in Piedmont, Calhoun County.
1928: U.S. Representative Jack Edwards was born in Birmingham.
1925: Doo-wop singer Bobby Nunn was born in Birmingham.
1915: Radio announcer Joe King was born in Birmingham.
1862: Banker Robert Terrell was born in Elyton.

2009: Drummer Lester Cobb died in Redding, Connecticut.
2007: Independent Presbyterian Church choirmaster Joseph Schreiber died of Parkinson's Disease.
1920: Banker and Baptist minister William Pettiford died.
1897: 5 miners were killed in the 1897 Belle Ellen Mine fire.

2015: The Women's World Cup champion U.S. national soccer team won a friendly against Haiti 8-0 at Legion Field.
2008: UAB defeated Alabama State at Legion Field; BSC lost to conference rival Rhodes College in Memphis.
2008: Miles College lost 27-7 to Morehouse College at Albert J. Sloan-Alumni Stadium in Fairfield.
1993: Legion Field selected as a location for 1996 Olympic soccer.
1973: Willie Mays announced his retirement from baseball.