August 19: Difference between revisions

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August 19 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Cantina Laredo opened at Uptown.
2013: Concord Elementary School and Oxmoor Valley Elementary School opened.
2004: The University of Alabama announced that they had played their last home game at Legion Field.
1981: Terry Francona made his Major League debut with the Montreal Expos.
1966: Singer Sandy Posey recorded "Single Girl" in Nashville.
1963: Steiner Bank relocated to modern offices at 1920 3rd Avenue North.
1955: William Rushton III married LaVona Price.
1937: Hugo Black was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1922: Mitchell and Ida Cotton opened Cotton's department store in Ensley.
1877: A kerosene lamp broke, causing a fire at the Relay House.

2005: Former BBS sysop Tom Egan died in Birmingham.
1977: Financial planner and former Steeldog Adlai Trone was born in Birmingham.
1973: Jazz guitarist Carlos Pino was born in Birmingham.
1968: Pastor and Clay City Councilor Bo Johnson was born in Mississippi.
1956: Trussville City Councilor and former Birmingham Stallions guard William Aydelette was born in Mobile.
1923: Anna Harper, wife of cartoonist Hubert Harper, died in a seaplane accident in Santa Rosa, Florida.

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 '''August 19''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2014]]: [[Cantina Laredo]] opened at [[Uptown]].
 * [[2013]]: [[Concord Elementary School]] and [[Oxmoor Valley Elementary School]] opened.
 * [[2004]]: The [[University of Alabama]] announced that they had played their last home game at [[Legion Field]].