November 23: Difference between revisions

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November 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Busy Bee Burger opened in Chelsea.
2007: World War II veteran Joe Sacco died.
2004: Ruben Studdard's gospel album I Need an Angel was released.
2002: Tommy Tuberville's Auburn Tigers won the Iron Bowl 17-7 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
1999: Mal Moore was named Alabama's athletic director.
1998: Reality 101.1 FM went on the air.
1996: Alabama 24, Auburn 23 at Legion Field. Alabama coach Gene Stallings announced his resignation the same day.
1994: Nurse Bettie Crutcher died.
1957: NBA player Andrew Toney was born in Birmingham.
1948: Banker Young Boozer III was born in Birmingham.
1934: Albert Boutwell married Helen Balfour.
1920: 12 miners were killed in the 1920 Parrish Mine explosion.
1897: Andrew Beard was granted his second patent on a rotary engine.
1896: Miner and WWI veteran Henry Higginbotham was born in Nauvoo.
1895: Auburn defeated Alabama 48-0 in the first Iron Bowl to be played in Tuscaloosa.
1880: Alice Furnace No. 1 was blown in.
1879: Alburto Martin died in Birmingham.
1873: Attorney John C. Forney was born.

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 * [[1999]]: [[Mal Moore]] was named [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]]'s athletic director.
 * [[1998]]: [[WRRS-FM|Reality 101.1 FM]] went on the air.
-* [[1996]]: Alabama 24, Auburn 23 at [[1996 Iron Bowl|Legion Field]].
+* [[1996]]: Alabama 24, Auburn 23 at [[1996 Iron Bowl|Legion Field]]. Alabama coach [[Gene Stallings]] announced his resignation the same day.
 * [[1994]]: Nurse [[Bettie Crutcher]] died.
 * [[1957]]: [[List of NBA players born in the Birmingham area|NBA player]] [[Andrew Toney]] was born in Birmingham.