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* [[1999]]: [[Mal Moore]] was named [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]]'s athletic director.
* [[1999]]: [[Mal Moore]] was named [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]]'s athletic director.
* [[1998]]: [[WRRS-FM|Reality 101.1 FM]] went on the air.
* [[1998]]: [[WRRS-FM|Reality 101.1 FM]] went on the air.
* [[1987]]: [[Richard Arrington, Jr]] was sworn into his third term of office at [[Boutwell Auditorium]].
* [[1987]]: [[Richard Arrington Jr]] was sworn into his third term of office at [[Boutwell Auditorium]].
* [[1951]]: [[Clark's Service Station]] at [[Graymont Avenue]] and [[Arkadelphia Road]] opened.
* [[1951]]: [[Clark's Service Station]] at [[Graymont Avenue]] and [[Arkadelphia Road]] opened.
* [[1938]]: The [[1938 Southern Conference for Human Welfare meeting]] in [[Birmingham]] came to a close.
* [[1938]]: The [[1938 Southern Conference for Human Welfare meeting]] in [[Birmingham]] came to a close.
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* [[1904]]: Engineer [[Bem Price]] married Lutie Bragg.
* [[1904]]: Engineer [[Bem Price]] married Lutie Bragg.
* [[1897]]: [[Andrew Beard]] was granted his second patent on a rotary engine.
* [[1897]]: [[Andrew Beard]] was granted his second patent on a rotary engine.
* [[1890]]: A Baptist church in [[Warrior]], newly completed by a Black congregation, burned to the ground.
* [[1880]]: [[Alice Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.
* [[1880]]: [[Alice Furnace No. 1]] was blown in.


[[Image:Shorpy Higginbotham.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Henry Higginbotham, born November 23, 1896]]
[[Image:Shorpy Higginbotham.jpg|right|thumb|Henry Higginbotham, born November 23, 1896]]
==Births==
==Births==
* [[1992]]: [[Birmingham Legion FC]] forward [[Juan Agudelo]] was born in Manizales, Colombia.
* [[1957]]: [[List of NBA players born in the Birmingham area|NBA player]] [[Andrew Toney]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1957]]: [[List of NBA players born in the Birmingham area|NBA player]] [[Andrew Toney]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1951]]: Business owner [[Leonard Slick]] was born in Fairmont, West Virginia.
* [[1951]]: Business owner [[Leonard Slick]] was born in Fairmont, West Virginia.
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
* [[2021]]: Sportswriter [[Cecil Hurt]] died of complications from pneumonia.
* 2021: The [[Birmingham Zoo]]'s African lion [[Kwanzaa]] was euthanized.
* [[2016]]: Insurance executive and [[Birmingham City Council]]or [[Alan Drennen]] died.
* [[2015]]: Pastor and environmentalist [[Heron Johnson]] died.
* [[2015]]: Pastor and environmentalist [[Heron Johnson]] died.
* [[2013]]: Country singer [[Wayne Mills]] died from a gunshot wound in Nashville, Tennessee.
* [[2013]]: Country singer [[Wayne Mills]] died from a gunshot wound in Nashville, Tennessee.
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* [[1994]]: Nurse [[Bettie Crutcher]] died.
* [[1994]]: Nurse [[Bettie Crutcher]] died.
* [[1985]]: Former American League All-Star [[Sammy West]] died in Lubbock, Texas.
* [[1985]]: Former American League All-Star [[Sammy West]] died in Lubbock, Texas.
* [[1961]]: Playwright [[William Berney (playwright)|William Berney]] died in Los Angeles, California.
* [[1920]]: 12 miners were killed in the [[1920 Parrish Mine explosion]].
* [[1920]]: 12 miners were killed in the [[1920 Parrish Mine explosion]].
* [[1879]]: [[Alburto Martin]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1879]]: [[Alburto Martin]] died in [[Birmingham]].

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November 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Henry Higginbotham, born November 23, 1896

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