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[[File:Rube Burrow's body.jpg|right|thumb|Rube Burrow's corpse, exhibited in Birmingham on October 9, 1890]]
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'''October 9''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''October 9''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2012]]: The [[2012 Birmingham bond referendum|Birmingham bond referendum]] was overwhelmingly approved by less than 10% of registered voters.
* [[2008]]: The new [[Center Point Fire Station No. 5]] officially opened.
* [[2008]]: The new [[Center Point Fire Station No. 5]] officially opened.
* 2008: [[2008 UAB Blazers football|UAB]] lost 45-20 to Houston in Houston, Texas.
* [[2008]]: More than 500 marijuana plants and $100,000 in cash were seized in raids on the [[Kingston marijuana farm]] operations.
* [[2007]]: [[Larry Langford]] won the [[2007 Birmingham mayoral election|Birmingham mayoral election]].
* [[2005]]: The [[Ensley Library]] reopened after renovations.
* [[2005]]: The [[Ensley Library]] reopened after renovations.
* [[1999]]: The second [[Battle for the Bones]] saw Memphis defeat [[UAB]] 38-14 at [[Legion Field]].
* 2005: A "[[Friendship bell]]" was donated to the [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]] by the Osaka Central Rotary Club of Japan.
* [[2001]]: The [[2001 Birmingham City Council election|Birmingham City Council election]] was held for all nine [[Birmingham City Council|City Council]] positions.
* [[1992]]: [[U2]]'s Zoo TV Tour stopped at [[Legion Field]].
* [[1979]]: The [[1979 Birmingham municipal election|Birmingham municipal election]] resulted in a run-off between [[Richard Arrington]] and [[Frank Parsons]] for mayor.
* [[1965]]: The [[1965 Alabama State Fair]] closed.
* [[1955]]: The new building for the [[Southside Branch Library|Parke Memorial Branch Library]] at [[Five Points South]] was dedicated.
* [[1937]]: Evangelist [[Lee Roberson]] married [[Caroline Roberson|Caroline Allen]].
* [[1918]]: The [[Booker T. Washington Library]] opened on [[3rd Avenue North]].
* [[1912]]: The annual [[1912 Alabama State Fair|Alabama State Fair]] began.
* [[1905]]: The [[American Cast Iron Pipe Company]] (ACIPCO) was incorporated.
* [[1893]]: [[AmSouth Bank|First National Bank of Birmingham]] resumed operations following the [[1893 depression]].
* [[1890]]: The corpse of train robber [[Rube Burrow]] arrived in [[Birmingham]] for public view before it was delivered to his family in Lamar County.
 
[[Image:Fred Buettiker.jpg|right|thumb|Fred Buettiker, born October 9, 1879]]
==Births==
* [[1967]]: Congressman [[Artur Davis]] was born.
* [[1967]]: Congressman [[Artur Davis]] was born.
* [[1908]]: Photographer [[A. C. Keily]] was born.
* [[1961]]: Siberian tigers [[Ted]], [[Francis]], and [[Tamerlane]] were born at the [[Birmingham Zoo]].
* [[1893]]: [[AmSouth Bank|First National Bank of Birmingham]] resumed operations following the [[1893 depression]].
* [[1908]]: Governor [[Jim Folsom Sr]] was born in Elba, Coffee County.
* 1908: Photographer [[A. C. Keily]] was born.
* [[1898]]: Professional baseball third baseman [[Joe Sewell]] was born in Titus, Elmore County.
* [[1886]]: Philanthropist [[Bertha Smolian]] was born in Swainsboro, Georgia.
* [[1884]]: [[Samford University]] benefactor [[F. Page Seibert]] was born in Washington County, Maryland.
* [[1880]]: Publisher [[John Henley Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1879]]: Foundryman [[Fred Buettiker]] was born in Grundy County, Tennessee.
 
==Marriages==
* Sailor and future [[O'Neal Steel]] founder [[Kirkman O'Neal]] married [[Elizabeth O'Neal|Elizabeth Paramore]].
* [[Alabama Power]] employee and future City Council president [[M. E. Wiggins]] married [[Katherine Wiggins|Lelia Katherine Harper]].
 
==Deaths==
* [[2006]]: Theater manager [[Harry Curl]] died in Birmingham.
* 2006: Sales clerk [[Jimmy Joe]] died.
* [[1996]]: Theater director [[Lyn Spotswood]] died in Barton, Vermont.
* [[1966]]: [[Anderson Electric]] CEO [[Robert Schuler]] died.
* [[1961]]: Literary scholar and Vanderbilt professor [[Richmond Beatty]] died.
* [[1918]]: First Lieutenant [[Orville Coston]] was killed in action in the Argonne.
* [[1890]]: Train robber [[Rube Burrow]] was gunned down in Marengo County.
* [[1890]]: Train robber [[Rube Burrow]] was gunned down in Marengo County.
==Sports==
* [[2021]]: The Morehouse Maroon Tigers defeated the [[Tuskegee Golden Tigers]] 31-15 in the [[Morehouse Tuskegee Classic]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[2010]]: [[2010 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] lost to the South Carolina Gamecocks 21-35 in Columbia, South Carolina.
* [[2008]]: [[2008 UAB Blazers football|UAB]] lost 45-20 to Houston in Houston, Texas.
* [[1999]]: The second [[Battle for the Bones]] saw Memphis defeat [[UAB]] 38-14 at [[Legion Field]].
* [[1974]]: The [[Birmingham Americans]] defeated the Portland Storm  30-8 at Legion Field.


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Fred Buettiker, born October 9, 1879

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