November 10

November 10 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2006: Southern disComfort 2 began.
• 2005: Killing Christian premiered at the Galleria 10.
• 2002: The 2002 Walker County tornado destroyed Carbon Hill Elementary School.
• 1985: The Joseph Riley Smith Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
• 1978: A brutal home invasion in Blount County left two dead and three wounded.
• 1972: Southern Airways Flight 49 was hijacked between Birmingham and Montgomery.
• 1912: John T. Plunker's tenure as pastor at South Highland Presbyterian Church ended.
• 1903: Mary Anderson was granted a patent for windshield wipers.
• 1888: Physician Robert Nabors and attorney W. W. Shortridge dueled with Bowie knives in a darkened room in Montevallo.

Births

• 1971: Actor and producer Walton Goggins was born in Birmingham.
• 1942: James Hood, who helped integrate the University of Alabama, was born in Gadsden.
• 1881: Retailer Joseph Loveman was born in New York, New York.

Deaths

• 2002: Former Birmingham Bulls defenseman Steve Durbano died in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
• 1961: Former one-term congressman John Newsome died.
• 1978: Carl and Willene Nelson were murdered during a robbery at their home in Blount County.
• 1888: Attorney W. W. Shortridge died from injuries sustained in a duel.
• 1888: Physician Robert Nabors died from injuries sustained in a duel and from a subsequent attack on an innocent bystander.
• 1844: Mine engineer Llewellyn Johns was born in Pontypridd, Wales.

Sports

• 2007: BSC Panthers lost 58-7 to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
• 2007: UAB Blazers lost 45-31 to Central Florida at Legion Field.