August 11: Difference between revisions

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August 11 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2000: The first Furnace Fest began at Sloss Furnaces.
1985: The Heaviest Corner on Earth was named to the National Register of Historic Places.
1978: The Commodores played at Legion Field.
1973: 41 contestants from 35 states and 6 countries arrived for the 1973 Miss Black Teenage World Pageant.
1964: By a margin of six votes in the 1964 One Great City referendum, residents of Homewood voted to merge into Birmingham.
1961: Phantini the Mentalist drove police chief Jamie Moore and Mayor-elect Art Hanes from Birmingham City Hall to the Thomas Jefferson Hotel while wearing a blindfold.
1870: Theophilus Jowers married Sarah Latham in Irondale.

Hugh Martin, born August 11, 1914

2008: Lizard breeder Bert Langerwerf died.
1999: Nurse Annie Louise Peoples died.
1973: Securities broker and civic leader Mervyn Sterne died.
1939: Baptist minister Charles Fisher died in Augusta, Georgia.
1921: Father James Coyle of St Paul's Catholic Church downtown was murdered by Reverend Edwin Stephenson.

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 * [[2000]]: The first [[Furnace Fest]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
 * [[1985]]: The [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]] was named to the National Register of Historic Places.
+* [[1978]]: The Commodores [[List of concerts at Legion Field|played at Legion Field]].
 * [[1973]]: 41 contestants from 35 states and 6 countries arrived for the [[1973 Miss Black Teenage World Pageant]].
 * [[1964]]: By a margin of six votes in the [[One Great City|1964 One Great City referendum]], residents of [[Homewood]] voted to merge into [[Birmingham]].