November 6: Difference between revisions

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November 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: 2012 general election
2007: Sojourns moved into its current space on 20th Street North.
2002: The 5th annual Birmingham Area Music Awards ceremony was held.
1993: Bob Riley declared Helen Sellers Davis Day, honoring the pioneering Alabama architect.
1985: The Jim Bennett Bridge opened over U. S. Highway 31 near Brookwood Medical Center.
1967: Robertson Towers opened to residents in Tuscaloosa.
1965: A Baton Rouge man spent 30 minutes on the roof ledge of the Bankhead Hotel, threatening to jump.
1962: Birmingham voters chose to replace the Birmingham City Commission with a Mayor-Council form of government.
1907: The Terrace Court apartments were christened at an invitation-only gala.
1901: John Coe married Margaret Ware Smith in Birmingham.
1893: Auburn defeated Vanderbilt 30-10 in Montgomery.

2007: Attorney and politician John Grenier died.
1970: Author Kevin McGowin was born in Birmingham.
1968: Former Governor Chauncey Sparks died in Eufaula.
1965: Birmingham Barons manager Ever Magallanes was born in El Sauz, Mexico.
1963: Birmingham Police Chief A. C. Roper was born in Birmingham.
1939: Former Auburn Tigers football coach Pat Dye was born in Blythe, Georgia.
1931: Detroit City Council president and "Beverly Hills Cop" actor Gil Hill was born in Birmingham.

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 * [[1962]]: Birmingham voters chose to replace the [[Birmingham City Commission]] with a Mayor-Council form of government.
 * [[1907]]: The [[Terrace Court]] apartments were christened at an invitation-only gala.
+* [[1901]]: [[John Coe]] married Margaret Ware Smith in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1893]]: [[1893 Auburn Tigers|Auburn]] defeated Vanderbilt 30-10 in Montgomery.