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Bull Connor was born on July 11, 1897

July 11 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2007: Former Governor Don Siegelman, convicted on bribery charges, was transferred from Atlanta to the Oakdale Correctional Complex in central Louisiana.
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.
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.
2007: Photographer Marshal Hagler died in Tuscaloosa.
1923: Merchant, weather reporter and Birmingham Board of Education president Ben Jacobs died.
1920: Former Birmingham Police Chief Martin Eagan died.
1901: John B. Webb, owner of the Webb Saloon, died.

2009: Alabama Warriors defeated the South Alabama Seminoles 50-12 in Montgomery.
1987: Bo Jackson signed a $7.4 million contract with the Los Angeles Raiders.

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 * [[1979]]: Minister [[David Platt]] was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
 * [[1956]]: Actress [[Sela Ward]] was born.
+* [[1952]]: Novelist [[Robert McCammon]] was born.
 * [[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]].