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'''October 22''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''October 22''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


*[[2006]]: The [[Tragic City Rollers]] lost to the Atlanta Roller Girls 116 to 109.
* [[2013]]: [[Maxine Parker]] was elected President of the [[Birmingham City Council]].
*[[1999]]: The [[Pelham Prowlers]] won 21-2 against the Tampa Bay Ice Pirates.
* [[2012]]: The historic covered [[Swann Bridge|Swann]] and [[Easley Bridge]]s reopened to traffic after restoration.
*[[1995]]: Blind golfer and insurance executive [[Charley Boswell]] died.
* 2011: Actress [[Candace Bailey]] married Brian Corsetti.
*[[1980]]: The [[Morrow and Sinnige Nabers Building]] was added to the [[List of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places|National Register of Historic Places]].
* [[1983]]: Quiet Riot played at [[Boutwell Auditorium]].
*[[1920]]: LSD advocate [[Timothy Leary]] was born.
* [[1980]]: The [[Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige building]] was added to the [[List of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places|National Register of Historic Places]].
*[[1918]]: Baseball player and manager [[Harry Walker|Harry "the Hat" Walker]] was born in Mississippi.
* [[1965]]: The [[Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham]] opened a 10th location at 1013 [[Vanderbilt Road]].
*[[1912]]: [[Hugo Black]] retired from the [[Birmingham Police Court]].
* [[1964]]: [[Britling West]] opened at [[Five Points West]].
* [[1955]]: Birmingham merchants sponsored a "[[Birmingham Days]]" concert at [[Municipal Auditorium]].
* [[1916]]: 18 miners were killed in the [[1916 Roden Mine explosion]].
* [[1912]]: [[Hugo Black]] retired from the [[Birmingham Police Court]].
* [[1911]]: The [[Birmingham Equal Suffrage League]] was founded.
* [[1895]]: Banker [[William Harding]] married [[Amanda Harding|Amanda Moore]].
* [[1886]]: The [[Birmingham Paint, Glass and Wall Paper Company]] was incorporated.
 
==Births==
* [[1998]]: [[Miss Alabama]] [[Callie Walker]] was born.
* [[1985]]: Boxer [[Deontay Wilder]] was born in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[1979]]: [[UAB Blazers basketball team|UAB Blazers]] basketball player [[David Walker (UAB)|David Walker]] was born.
* [[1952]]: Novelist [[Vicki Covington]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1920]]: LSD advocate [[Timothy Leary]] was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
* [[1918]]: Baseball player and manager [[Harry Walker|Harry "the Hat" Walker]] was born in Mississippi.
* [[1867]]: Presbyterian pastor and insurance salesman [[Sterling Foster]] was born in Union Springs.
* [[1864]]: Banker and business investor [[Henry Badham, Sr]] was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
 
==Deaths==
* [[2021]]: Former [[Miss Alabama]] and [[Birmingham City Council]]or [[Angi Grooms Proctor]] died in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
* [[2014]]: Circuit court judge and state senator [[J. Richmond Pearson]] died.
* [[2011]]: Broadcaster [[Ben McKinnon]] died.
* [[2003]]: [[Tina Watson]] died while scuba diving in Australia with her husband [[Gabe Watson|Gabe]].
* [[1995]]: Blind golfer and insurance executive [[Charley Boswell]] died.
* [[1986]]: Attorney [[Frank Spain]] died.
* [[1944]]: Banker [[Leo Steiner]] died.
* [[1916]]: 18 miners were killed in the [[1916 Roden Mine explosion]].
 
==Sports==
* [[2006]]: The [[Tragic City Rollers]] lost to the Atlanta Roller Girls 116 to 109.
* [[1999]]: The [[Pelham Prowlers]] won 21-2 against the Tampa Bay Ice Pirates.


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