August 5: Difference between revisions

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August 5 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Bo Johnson took over the Clay City Council seat vacated by Mark Halstead.
2006: Matilda, the Bessemer hen who held the Guinness Book of World Records title holder for "World's Oldest Chicken" was memorialized at a special "broken perch" ceremony during the annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Magicians, held at the Hilton Perimeter Park Hotel.
1996: The Birmingham Post-Herald published its first afternoon edition.
1977: WKXX-FM "Kicks 106" debuted with a Top 40/Album Rock format.
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr, Ray Charles, James Baldwin, Joey Adams and Joe Louis shared a stage at Miles College.
1890: Inventor and emancipated slave Andrew Beard was granted Patent No. 433,847 for his rotary engine invention.
1822: John McWhorter succeeded Levi Reid as Jefferson County Sheriff.

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 '''August 5''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2014]]: [[Bo Johnson]] took over the [[Clay City Council]] seat vacated by [[Mark Halstead]].
 * [[2006]]: [[Matilda]], the [[Bessemer]] hen who held the Guinness Book of World Records title holder for "World's Oldest Chicken" was memorialized at a special "broken perch" ceremony during the annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Magicians, held at the Hilton [[Perimeter Park]] Hotel.
 * [[1996]]: The ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' published its first afternoon edition.