March 31: Difference between revisions

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March 31 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Grayson Hall succeeded Dowd Ritter as president and CEO of Regions Bank.
2010: Prosecutor Bob McGregor died from liver cancer.
2008: Former Chancellor Roy Johnson pleaded guilty to fraud of the state's two-year college system.
2008: Minister and local SCLC leader Alfonzo Scales died.
2008: David Neal was fired after 11 years as WBRC-TV's chief meteorologist.
2005: WRAX-FM moved from FM 107.7 to FM 100.5.
2000: The Birmingham Steeldogs played their very first game, losing 59 to 18 against the Tennessee Valley Vipers at the BJCC Arena.
1995: Businessman and philanthropist John M. Harbert died.
1994: Michael Jordan was assigned to the Birmingham Barons.
1970: Jerome Hines, basso for the Metropolitan Opera, gave the last performance at Loew's Temple Theater.
1933: President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the Civilian Conservation Corps
1925: Banker Harry Brock, Jr was born in Fort Payne.
1921: Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company was sold to the Birmingham Electric Company.
1903: Laura E. Burton graduated from the Louisville Medical College of the University of Kentucky.
1900: Birmingham Black Barons player and Baseball Hall of Famer Mule Suttles was born in Blocton.
1865: Detachments of Wilson's Raiders destroyed the Tannehill Ironworks and Shelby Furnace.
1853: Saloonkeeper George Raps was born in Racine, Wisconsin.

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 * [[1900]]: [[Birmingham Black Barons]] player and Baseball Hall of Famer [[Mule Suttles]] was born in [[Blocton]].
 * [[1865]]: Detachments of [[Wilson's Raiders]] destroyed the [[Tannehill Ironworks]] and [[Shelby Furnace]].
+* [[1853]]: Saloonkeeper [[George Raps]] was born in Racine, Wisconsin.
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