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- April 5: Avery Johnson was hired as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team.
- March 26: President Barack Obama delivered remarks on the economy at Lawson State Community College.
- March 25: Former radio host John Ed Willoughby died.
- March 24: A washout below Clairmont Avenue near Piggly-Wiggly forced the road's temporary closure.
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Did you know?
- ...that Shades Cahaba is the only Homewood elementary school not to have suffered a major fire?
- ...that Louise Wooster's sister was also a noted Birmingham madam, under the name Maggie Bracken?
- ...that the Indian Springs School once boasted a "Truth House", a tilting classroom used to demonstrate physics concepts?
- ...that Samford Bulldogs men's basketball coach Scott Padgett scored 1,874 points during his 7-year NBA career?
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