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.
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.
1886: The Alabama Iron Works was incorporated.
1884: Robert Mustin married Mamie C. Williams in Pickens County.
1877: A kerosene lamp broke, causing a fire at the Relay House.

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.

2005: Former BBS sysop Tom Egan died in Birmingham.
1923: Anna Harper, wife of cartoonist Hubert Harper, died in a seaplane accident in Santa Rosa, Florida.

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.

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 * [[1937]]: [[Hugo Black]] was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
 * [[1922]]: [[Mitchell Cotton|Mitchell]] and [[Ida Cotton]] opened [[Cotton's]] department store in [[Ensley]].
+* [[1886]]: The [[Alabama Iron Works]] was incorporated.
 * [[1884]]: [[Robert Mustin]] married [[Mamie Mustin|Mamie C. Williams]] in Pickens County.
 * [[1877]]: A kerosene lamp broke, causing a fire at the [[Relay House]].