March 6: Difference between revisions

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March 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Neurosurgeon Evan Zeiger, Jr died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico.
2009: 14,723 fans attended the first games of the 2009 Davis Cup first round tie at the BJCC.
2005: The United Universists became the Universist Movement.
1990: Baseball player Joe Sewell died.
1970: Baseball player Bob Adams died.
1965: Joseph Ellwanger led a group of white civil rights protestors in a march on the Dallas County Courthouse.
1957: Fred and Ruby Shuttlesworth challenged the segregation of the Birmingham Terminal Station waiting rooms.
1956: Fisherman and radio host Sammy Lee was born in Birmingham.
1950: Football player Johnny Musso was born.
1920: Eva Jane Comer died.
1891: William Wier was promoted to Captain in the Birmingham Police Department.
1821: The Farrar Lodge No. 41 of Elyton was chartered.

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 * [[1965]]: [[Joseph Ellwanger]] led a group of white civil rights protestors in a march on the Dallas County Courthouse.
 * [[1957]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth|Fred]] and [[Ruby Keeler|Ruby Shuttlesworth]] [[Integration of Birmingham Terminal Station|challenged the segregation]] of the [[Birmingham Terminal Station]] waiting rooms.
+* [[1956]]: Fisherman and radio host [[Sammy Lee]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1950]]: Football player [[Johnny Musso]] was born.
 * [[1920]]: [[B. B. Comer|Eva Jane Comer]] died.