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* [[August 30]]: Ad executive, McDonald's franchisee and Broadway producer [[Max Cooper]] died. | |||
* [[August 28]]-[[August 29|29]]: Right-wing talk-show host Glenn Beck led a "[[2015 Restoring Unity Rally|Restoring Unity Rally]]" in [[Birmingham]]. | * [[August 28]]-[[August 29|29]]: Right-wing talk-show host Glenn Beck led a "[[2015 Restoring Unity Rally|Restoring Unity Rally]]" in [[Birmingham]]. | ||
* [[August 28]]: Birmingham's [[Negro Southern League Museum]] opened. | * [[August 28]]: Birmingham's [[Negro Southern League Museum]] opened. | ||
* [[August 18]]: [[U.S. Steel]] announced the permanent closure of its [[Fairfield Works]] blast furnace. | * [[August 18]]: [[U.S. Steel]] announced the permanent closure of its [[Fairfield Works]] blast furnace. | ||
==[[Special:Recentchanges|New articles]]== | ==[[Special:Recentchanges|New articles]]== | ||
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- August 30: Ad executive, McDonald's franchisee and Broadway producer Max Cooper died.
- August 28-29: Right-wing talk-show host Glenn Beck led a "Restoring Unity Rally" in Birmingham.
- August 28: Birmingham's Negro Southern League Museum opened.
- August 18: U.S. Steel announced the permanent closure of its Fairfield Works blast furnace.
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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?
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