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'''December 25''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''December 25''' ('''Christmas Day''') in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[1986]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] beat Washington 28-6 in the Sun Bowl.
* [[2015]]: An unseasonably warm day saw an [[2015 Birmingham tornado|EF-2 tornado]] strike along [[Jefferson Avenue Southwest]], destroying several buildings but causing only minor injuries.
* [[2011]]: [[Living Stones Temple]] held their first service at their [[Fultondale]] campus.
* [[2010]]: Birmingham saw an unprecedented [[List of snowfalls|1/2" accumulation of snow]] for Christmas.
* [[1956]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]]'s home was bombed. He emerged from the basement unscathed.  
* [[1956]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]]'s home was bombed. He emerged from the basement unscathed.  
* [[1945]]: Football Hall-of-Famer [[Kenny Stabler]] was born.
* [[1927]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] held a grand opening preview for invited guests.
* [[1927]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] held a grand opening preview for invited guests.
* [[1910]]: Deputy [[Ollie Battle]] was killed in the line of duty.
* [[1903]]: Officer A. J. Lockhart, dressed as Santa Claus, shot John Parsons to death outside a Cherokee County church [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9500E1DE1139E333A25754C2A9649D946297D6CF].
* [[1903]]: Officer A. J. Lockhart, dressed as Santa Claus, shot John Parsons to death outside a Cherokee County church [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9500E1DE1139E333A25754C2A9649D946297D6CF].
[[File:John Wright 1964.jpg|right|thumb|John Wright, born December 25, 1927]]
==Births ==
* [[1959]]: UAB Associate Athletic Director [[Norm Reilly]] was born.
* [[1958]]: Drug kingpin [[Lorenzo Nichols|Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1945]]: Football Hall-of-Famer [[Kenny Stabler]] was born.
* [[1942]]: Journalist [[Carol Nunnelley]] was born.
* [[1935]]: Longtime [[Alabama Education Association]] president [[Paul Hubbert]] was born in [[Jasper]].
* [[1927]]: Writer, communications director, actor and social activist [[John Wright]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1923]]: [[Mervyn H. Sterne Library]] library directory [[Paul Spence]] was born.
* [[1914]]: Admiral [[Noel Gayler]], the 6th Director of the National Security Agency, was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1894]]: Theologian and Vanderbilt chancellor [[Harvie Branscomb]] was born in Huntsville.
* [[1844]]: Industrial promoter [[N. F. Thompson]] was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
* [[1844]]: Industrial promoter [[N. F. Thompson]] was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
* [[1803]]: Hotelier [[Matthew Duffee]] was born in Tipperary, Ireland.
== Deaths ==
* [[2020]]: Pastor [[Dewey Corder]] died from [[COVID-19]].
* [[2017]]: Restaurateur [[Angelo Sarris]] died.
* [[2014]]: Former grocer [[Dominic Lusco]] died.
* [[2013]]: Former [[Alabama Baptist Convention]] executive secretary [[Earl Potts]] died.
* [[1972]]: Jazz trumpeter [[Dud Bascomb]] died in New York City.
* [[1910]]: Deputy [[Ollie Battle]] was killed in the line of duty.
* [[1903]]: John Parsons was shot to death outside a Cherokee County church
* [[1889]]: Architect [[Edouard Sidel]] died in Paris, France.
== Sports ==
* [[1986]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] beat Washington 28-6 in the Sun Bowl.


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December 25 (Christmas Day) in the history of the Birmingham District:

John Wright, born December 25, 1927

Births

Deaths

Sports

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