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* [[2006]]: [[Regions Bank]] and [[AmSouth]] bank announced plans to merge.
* [[2006]]: [[Regions Bank]] and [[AmSouth]] bank announced plans to merge.
* 2006: [[Taylor Hicks]] was announced as the winner of ''American Idol''.
* 2006: [[Taylor Hicks]] was announced as the winner of ''American Idol''.
* 2006: The [[2006 SEC Baseball Tournament]] opened at the [[Regions Park|Hoover Metropolitan Stadium]].
* [[2005]]: [[Bob Riley]] declared "[[Bo Bice]] Day".
* [[2005]]: [[Bob Riley]] declared "[[Bo Bice]] Day".
* 2005: The [[Maria Taylor]] album ''11:11'' was released on Saddle Creek Records.
* 2005: The [[Maria Taylor]] album ''11:11'' was released on Saddle Creek Records.
* 2005: Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph [[Raymond Boland]] retired.
* 2005: Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph [[Raymond Boland]] retired.
* [[2004]]: [[McCormick & Schmick's]] opened at [[Brookwood Village]].
* [[2004]]: [[McCormick & Schmick's]] opened at [[Brookwood Village]].
* [[1992]]: [[1992 Birmingham Fire|Birmingham Fire]] 27 - Ohio Glory 24 at Ohio Stadium.
* [[1999]]: [[Region 2020]] published ''[[The Book on Region 2020]]''.
* [[1989]]: [[Festival 18|Cobb Festival 12 Cinemas]] opened at the [[Eastwood Festival Centre]].
* [[1989]]: [[Festival 18|Cobb Festival 12 Cinemas]] opened at the [[Eastwood Festival Centre]].
* [[1952]]: Boston's [[Jimmy Piersall]] and New York's Billy Martin had an on-the-field fistfight.
* [[1924]]: An aerial circus with more than 30 airplanes was hosted at [[Roberts Field]].
* [[1942]]: [[Satchel Paige]] led the first African-American baseball team to play at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
* [[1916]]: [[Lula Mehaffey]] became the first woman to graduate from [[Howard College]].
* [[1887]]: Residents voted 29-6 to incorporate the new town of [[Highland]].
 
==Births==
* [[1931]]: Auto dealer [[Leon Edwards]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1923]]: Activist and philanthropist [[Marguerite Harbert]] was born.
 
==Marriages==
* [[1917]]: [[Gus Jebeles (Barons owner)|Gus Jebeles]] married Catherine Chunn in Kentucky.
* [[1917]]: [[Gus Jebeles (Barons owner)|Gus Jebeles]] married Catherine Chunn in Kentucky.
* [[1887]]: Residents voted 29-6 to incorporate the new town of [[Highland]].
* [[1857]]: [[Samuel Ullman]] married Emma Mayer in Natchez, Mississippi.
* [[1857]]: [[Samuel Ullman]] married Emma Mayer in Natchez, Mississippi.


==Births and deaths==
==Deaths==
* [[2010]]: Former [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Joe Farley]] died.
* [[2010]]: Former [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Joe Farley]] died.
* [[2001]]: [[Caliph Washington]], minister
* [[1972]]: Newspaper reporter [[Mignon Blair|Mignon Hall Blair]] died.
* [[1911]]: [[Jefferson County Sheriff's Office|Jefferson County Constable]] [[Willie Lewis Staggs]] was killed in the line of duty near [[Bessie]].
* [[1911]]: [[Jefferson County Sheriff's Office|Jefferson County Constable]] [[Willie Lewis Staggs]] was killed in the line of duty near [[Bessie]].


==Sports==
* [[2006]]: The [[2006 SEC Baseball Tournament]] opened at the [[Regions Park|Hoover Metropolitan Stadium]].
* [[1992]]: [[1992 Birmingham Fire|Birmingham Fire]] 27 - Ohio Glory 24 at Ohio Stadium.
* [[1952]]: Boston's [[Jimmy Piersall]] and New York's Billy Martin had an on-the-field fistfight.
* [[1942]]: [[Satchel Paige]] led the first African-American baseball team to play at Wrigley Field in Chicago.


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