July 11: Difference between revisions

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July 11 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Alabama Warriors defeated the South Alabama Seminoles 50-12 in Montgomery.
2007: Former Governor Don Siegelman, convicted on bribery charges, was transferred from Atlanta to the Oakdale Correctional Complex in central Louisiana.
2007: Photographer Marshal Hagler died in Tuscaloosa.
2005: VJ's on the Runway re-opened in its current location near the Birmingham International Airport
2000: Charles D. Hart was elected as the first mayor of Clay.
1987: Bo Jackson signed a $7.4 million contract with the Los Angeles Raiders.
1919: Britling Cafeteria had a grand opening at its flagship 1st Avenue North location.
1904: By order of producer Mabel Whitman, the Jefferson Theatre agreed to open its dress circle and parquet seats to African-American patrons for performances of the Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours on July 23.
1884: Third Presbyterian Church was organized.

2012: Business owner Leonard Slick died.
2010: White tiger Moti died at the Birmingham Zoo.
2009: Author Paul Hemphill died in Atlanta.
1956: Actress Sela Ward was born.
1950: UAB scientist and astronaut Larry DeLucas was born.
1940: Former Crimson Tide quarterback Pat Trammell was born in Scottsboro.
1923: Merchant, weather reporter and Birmingham Board of Education president Ben Jacobs died.
1920: Former Birmingham Police Chief Martin Eagan died.
1897: Bull Connor was born in Selma.

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 * [[1950]]: [[UAB]] scientist and astronaut [[Larry DeLucas]] was born.
 * [[1940]]: Former [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Crimson Tide]] quarterback [[Pat Trammell]] was born in [[Scottsboro]].
+* [[1923]]: Merchant, weather reporter and [[Birmingham Board of Education]] president [[Ben Jacobs]] died.
 * [[1920]]: Former [[Birmingham Police Chief]] [[Martin Eagan]] died.
 * [[1897]]: [[Bull Connor]] was born in Selma.
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