September 10: Difference between revisions

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September 10 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2000: The Birmingham Pledge mural was dedicated at the Birmingham Police Department's downtown headquarters.
1996: The Olympic soccer countdown clock was auctioned off at Legion Field.
1963: Dwight and Floyd Armstrong attended the first integrated class at Graymont Elementary School. President Kennedy sent the National Guard to escort black students into West End High School and Ramsay High School.
1907: Pitcher Harry Coveleski made his major league debut with the Philadelphia Phillies.
1901: Birmingham became the first city in the South to be rated "Class 1" by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

2007: Sculptor Cordray Parker died.
2006: New Pilgrim Baptist Church pastor and Civil Rights leader Nelson H. Smith died.
1981: Baseball player Connor Robertson was born in Tuscaloosa.
1975: Birmingham World editor and NAACP leader Emory Jackson died in Birmingham.
1972: Ann Hodges, the only person known to be struck by a meteorite, died in Sylacauga.
1969: Pastor John Cantelow was born in Birmingham.
1940: Football player Buck Buchanan was born.
1910: Mayor of Birmingham Frank O'Brien died in office.
1887: Theophilus Jowers was killed in an accident at Alice Furnace.

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 * [[1969]]: Pastor [[John Cantelow]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1940]]: Football player [[Buck Buchanan]] was born.
+* [[1910]]: [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[Frank O'Brien]] died in office.
 * [[1887]]: [[Theophilus Jowers]] was killed in an accident at [[Alice Furnace]].
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