December 24: Difference between revisions

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December 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: MountainTop Community Church founder and pastor Bill Elder suffered a stroke.
2006: Reg's Coffee House returned to the air with a 2-hour Christmas special on WYSF-FM.
1950: The first liturgy at St Elias Maronite Church's new church was celebrated.
1894: A second blow-out at Brierfield Ironworks left the furnace forever idled.
1890: Water from the Cahaba River flowed through the Birmingham Water Works Tunnel into downtown Birmingham for the first time.

2004: Birmingham Zoo animals Kwanzaa, a male African lion, and Oliver, a male Sumatran orangutan, were both born in Waco, Texas.
1989: Buster, a male cheetah at the Birmingham Zoo, was born in Powell, Ohio.
1952: Dave Morrison, owner of Dave's Pizza, was born.
1935: Cecil Whitmire, manager and house organist of the Alabama Theatre, was born.
1923: David F. Friedman, film producer, was born in Birmingham.

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 == Births ==
-* [[2004]]: [[Birmingham Zoo]] animals [[Kwanza]], a male African lion, and [[Oliver]], a male Sumatran orangutan, were both born in Waco, Texas.
+* [[2004]]: [[Birmingham Zoo]] animals [[Kwanzaa]], a male African lion, and [[Oliver]], a male Sumatran orangutan, were both born in Waco, Texas.
 * [[1989]]: [[Buster]], a male cheetah at the [[Birmingham Zoo]], was born in Powell, Ohio.
 * [[1952]]: [[Dave Morrison]], owner of [[Dave's Pizza]], was born.