July 24: Difference between revisions

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July 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Birmingham Fire Station No. 4 in Oxmoor was dedicated.
2010: Thomas Robey won the second Iron City Chef competition.
2008: A family of four was found murdered in their burning house in Grasselli Heights.
1977: 3 miners were killed in the 1977 Chetopa Mine explosion.
1965: Robert Bentley married Dianne Jones.
1962: Judge Harlan Grooms issued an injunction against segregated service at the Dobbs House Flight Kitchen at Birmingham Municipal Airport.
1927: Mountain Brook's "Old Mill" opened as a tea room.
1918: Satchel Paige was sent to the Industrial School for Negro Children in Mount Meigs.
1913: Donald Kenney and Christopher Gustin died during an initiation ceremony at Birmingham Lodge No. 432, Loyal Order of Moose.
1883: Alice Furnace No. 2 was blown in.

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 * [[2010]]: [[Thomas Robey]] won the second [[Iron City Chef]] competition.
 * [[2008]]: A family of four was found [[List of Birmingham homicides in 2008|murdered]] in their burning house in [[Grasselli Heights]].
+* [[1977]]: 3 miners were killed in the [[1977 Chetopa Mine explosion]].
 * [[1965]]: [[Robert Bentley]] married [[Dianne Bentley|Dianne Jones]].
-* [[1977]]: 3 miners were killed in the [[1977 Chetopa Mine explosion]].
+* [[1962]]: Judge [[Harlan Grooms]] issued an injunction against segregated service at the [[Dobbs House Flight Kitchen]] at [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]].
 * [[1927]]: [[Mountain Brook]]'s "[[Old Mill]]" opened as a tea room.
 * [[1918]]: [[Satchel Paige]] was sent to the Industrial School for Negro Children in Mount Meigs.