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1901 church fire

April 17 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2004: Birmingham Steeldogs 54, Arkansas Twisters 40 at Little Rock.
1991: The Southern Baptist Convention Sunday School Board placed a stone marker at the site of O'Brien's Opera House, where the group had been organized in 1891.
1983: Denver Gold 9, Birmingham Steeldogs 7
1927: Former Birmingham Baron Sammy West made his Major League debut with the Washington Senators.
1901: Third Presbyterian Church's building and rectory were destroyed by fire.
1814: Andrew Jackson established a headquarters at Fort Jackson and accepted the surrenders of Indian leaders.

2014: Retired Birmingham Police Department Sergeant Betty Jensen died.
2011: Former University of Alabama President Andrew Sorensen died.
1992: Western swing bandleader Hank Penny died in Camarillo, California.
1961: Broadway star Rebecca Luker was born in Helena.
1947: Architect and artist Frank Hartley Anderson died in Habersham County, Georgia.

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 * [[2004]]: [[Birmingham Steeldogs]] 54, Arkansas Twisters 40 at Little Rock.
+* [[1991]]: The [[Southern Baptist Convention Sunday School Board]] placed a stone marker at the site of [[O'Brien's Opera House]], where the group had been organized in [[1891]].
 * [[1983]]: Denver Gold 9, [[Birmingham Steeldogs]] 7
 * [[1927]]: Former [[Birmingham Barons|Birmingham Baron]] [[Sammy West]] made his Major League debut with the Washington Senators.