November 7: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:14, 21 September 2022

November 7 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2018: Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked to resign by President Trump.
2015: The tenth annual Moss Rock Festival kicked off in Hoover.
2009: The fourth annual Moss Rock Festival kicked off in Hoover.
2008: Southern disComfort 3 kicked off at Magic City Motor Scooters.
2006: Statewide elections were held.
1978: Donald Stewart succeeded Maryon Allen as U.S. Senator for Alabama.
1962: National discount retailer Maxam opened a location in Tuscaloosa.
1946: Walker Percy married Mary Bernice Townsend.
1921: Mary Echols became the first female high official when she was sworn into the Birmingham City Commission
1877: Peyton Bowman married Marguerite Grenet in San Antonio, Texas.
1862: Samuel Ullman was discharged from the Confederate army.

B. B. Comer, born November 7, 1848

1977: Judge Nakita Blocton was born in Birmingham.
1959: Accountant and Birmingham Water Works general manager Mac Underwood was born in Eutaw, Greene County.
1912: Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter Joe Gunther was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1903: Methodist Bishop Paul Hardin was born in Chester, South Carolina.
1900: Judge Hobart Grooms was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky.
1859: Stenographer and railroad purchasing agent Zennie Tomlinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1856: Minister Robert Van Hook was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
1855: Governor William Jelks was born in Randolph County.
1848: Governor B. B. Comer was born in Barbour County.

2019: Kim Walker, bartender
2019: Robert Luckie III, advertising executive
2017: Bob Burks, research chemist and environmental activist
2008: Reverend Abraham Woods Jr died in Birmingham.
1995: World War II fighter pilot and bagpiper Ian Sturrock died in Birmingham.
1992: Novelist Richard Yates died of complications from surgery at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Birmingham.
1988: Educator Carol Hayes died.
1904: Undine Saloon proprietor Paul Chambarden drowned while fishing on the Cahaba River near Calera.

1998: The 24th annual Vulcan Run was held.
1998: Nick Saban's unranked Michigan State Spartans defeated #1-ranked Ohio State on the road.
1989: Rafael Santana was released by the New York Mets after missing the season due to an elbow injury.

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 * [[2018]]: Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] was asked to resign by President Trump.
+* [[2015]]: The tenth annual [[Moss Rock Festival]] kicked off in [[Hoover]].
 * [[2009]]: The fourth annual [[Moss Rock Festival]] kicked off in [[Hoover]].
 * [[2008]]: [[Southern disComfort]] 3 kicked off at [[Magic City Motor Scooters]].
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 [[Image:Braxton Bragg Comer.jpg|right|thumb|B. B. Comer, born November 7, 1848]]
 ==Births==
+* [[1977]]: Judge [[Nakita Blocton]] was born in Birmingham.
 * [[1959]]: Accountant and [[Birmingham Water Works]] general manager [[Mac Underwood]] was born in Eutaw, Greene County.
 * [[1912]]: Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter [[Joe Gunther]] was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.