August 9: Difference between revisions

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August 9 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: The Barber of Birmingham premiered on PBS.
2011: Ollie Irene opened in the Mountain Brook Shopping Center.
2010: Homewood City Council president Jeff Underwood resigned for health reasons.
2002: A topping out ceremony was held for the downtown tower One Concord Center.
1974: Entertainer Michael Saab was born.
1971: Pitcher Satchel Paige became the first Negro Leagues player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1969: Birmingham native and internationally-known hair stylist Jay Sebring was shot along with Sharon Tate by the Manson family in Los Angeles.
1941: Makeup artist Way Bandy was born Ronald Duane Wright in Birmingham.
1915: Jack Nabors pitched his first Major League baseball game.
1846: William Browne married the former Margaret Elizabeth Stevens of Tuscaloosa.
1814: The Treaty of Fort Jackson ceded much of Alabama's Creek Indian territory to the United States.

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 * [[1971]]: Pitcher [[Satchel Paige]] became the first Negro Leagues player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
 * [[1969]]: Birmingham native and internationally-known hair stylist [[Jay Sebring]] was shot along with Sharon Tate by the Manson family in Los Angeles.
+* [[1941]]: Makeup artist [[Way Bandy]] was born Ronald Duane Wright in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1915]]: [[Jack Nabors]] pitched his first Major League baseball game.
 * [[1846]]: [[William Browne]] married the former Margaret Elizabeth Stevens of [[Tuscaloosa]].