August 1: Difference between revisions

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August 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: First Avenue Rocks, an indoor rock climbing facility, opened on First Avenue South.
2006: New Vision Television purchased WIAT 42 from Media General.
2006: University of Montevallo president Robert M. McChesney, Sr retired.
2006: William Leggett became pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham.
2006: Demolition of the Homewood Gardens Apartments began for the development of Hallman Hill.
2002: The third annual Furnace Fest began at Sloss Furnaces.
1997: Regal Cinemas purchased Cobb Theatres.
1988: Virginia Algermissen became director of UAB's Lister Hill Library.
1981: MTV debuted on the air with Alan Hunter as one of the five original VJs.
1961: Civil Rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth moved to Cincinnati to become pastor of Revelation Baptist Church.
1945: The USS Birmingham returned to service with the 5th fleet after repairs at Pearl Harbor.
1944: Roy Kracke assumed duties as the first dean of the Medical College of Alabama.
1940: Pat Courington, Sr married Tommie Dorris Williams.
1937: Ed Norton and Thad Holt purchased the lease for the WAPI-AM radio station.
1919: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta first opened in the Jefferson County Bank Building.
1916: The 1916 Birmingham street tax went into effect.
1903: Holt Furnace was blown in.

1988: Singer-songwriter Ryan Kinder was born.
1988: Convicted criminal Lakendall Sims was born.
1980: Mortgage banker and political candidate Chris Salter was born in Houston, Texas.
1920: Ross Gray, Medal of Honor recipient, was born.
1856: Physician Benjamin Wyman was born in Tuscaloosa.

2009: Alabama Warriors defeated Panhandle Crusaders 37-7 at Warrior Stadium.
2009: Birmingham Wildfire defeated Pensacola Lightning 30-3 at Legion Field.
2000: Legion Field was announced as the home for an XFL team.
1941: Pitcher Satchel Paige returned to the East-West All Star Game after a 5-year absence.

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 * [[1945]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)|USS Birmingham]]'' returned to service with the 5th fleet after repairs at Pearl Harbor.
 * [[1944]]: [[Roy Kracke]] assumed duties as the first dean of the [[Medical College of Alabama]].
+* [[1940]]: [[Pat Courington, Sr]] married Tommie Dorris Williams.
 * [[1937]]: [[Ed Norton]] and [[Thad Holt]] purchased the lease for the [[WAPI-AM]] radio station.
 * [[1919]]: The [[Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta]] first opened in the [[Jefferson County Bank Building]].