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* [[March 11]]: The [[City of Birmingham]] was awarded a $14.5 million grant to convert [[4th Avenue North]] to two-way traffic in the [[City Center]].
* [[February 24]]: The [[Black Elks Lodge]] at 800 [[12th Street North]] burned down.
* [[February 2]]: WWE Friday Night SmackDown was held at [[Legacy Arena]].
* [[January 10]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] head football coach [[Nick Saban]] announced his retirement.
* [[January 10]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] head football coach [[Nick Saban]] announced his retirement.
* [[January 6]]: Restaurateur [[Surin Techarukpong]] died.
* [[December 23]]: The Duke Blue Devils defeated the Troy Trojans 17-10 in the [[2023 Birmingham Bowl]] at [[Protective Stadium]].
* [[October 8]]: [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] [[Randall Woodfin]] married [[Kendra Woodfin|Kendra Morris]] at a private residence at [[2000 Warwick Drive]] opposite [[Vulcan Park]].


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==[[Bhamwiki:Did you know?|Did you know?]]==
==[[Bhamwiki:Did you know?|Did you know?]]==
*...that during [[Prohibition|local prohibition]] in [[Bessemer]] a cluster of saloons opened in unincorporated "[[Whiskeytown]]" just east of the city limits?
* ...that the [[1927]] [[Florentine Building]] was [[Henry Upson Sims]]' love letter to his art teacher, [[Hannah Elliott]]?
*...that the [[Progressive Land Developers Corp.|Nation of Islam]] was driven out of [[St Clair County]] in 1970?
* ...that George Washington's surveying tools are held by a [[Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington|museum]] in [[Columbiana]]?
*...that [[Cinema City 8]] was the largest multiplex in the nation when it opened in 1978?
* ...that Birmingham's [[Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School]] was originally built with funds donated by Saint Katherine Drexel?
*...that in the 1930s all [[Dr Pepper Syrup Plant|Dr Pepper syrup]] distributed east of the Mississippi was made in Birmingham?
* ...that the owner's of [[Rocco & Cheater's Speed Shop]] used their real names?


==[[Bhamwiki:Milestones|Status]]==
==[[Bhamwiki:Milestones|Status]]==

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