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September 17 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: 2012 Ardell plane crash in Cullman County.
2008: Lakendall Sims was re-captured after escaping from the Jefferson County Courthouse Bessemer Division a day earlier.
2007: The Fairfield City Council voted to revert "Richard Scrushy Parkway" back to Lloyd Noland Parkway.
2006: Harpersville Garden of Memories was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
2006: Po Monkey played as part of the Phelan Park Music Series.
1994: The UAB Marching Blazers debuted at Legion Field.
1977: Tom Jones performed at the BJCC Coliseum.
1975: The Lamplighter restaurant opened at the Ramada Inn South on Montgomery Highway in Hoover.
1975: Members of Elyton Baptist Church voted to disband.
1971: Hugo Black resigned from the Supreme Court of the United States.
1964: The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 unconstitutional.
1956: Pizitz held a grand re-opening for the former Pizitz of Bessemer location at 1915-1921 2nd Avenue North in Bessemer.
1953: Actress Gloria Swanson made special appearances at the downtown Loveman's store.
1953: The Crestwood Civic Club was organized.
1940: President Franklin Roosevelt attended the funeral of William Bankhead at Jasper First United Methodist Church.

2005: Freshman running back Glen Coffee amassed a season-high 75 yards for the Crimson Tide against South Carolina.

Robert Jemison Jr, born September 17, 1802

1990: 2013 Birmingham Barons infielder Marcus Semien was born in San Francisco, California.
1959: Cartoonist Frank Cummings was born in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
1943: Restaurateur Charles Ezell was born in Lavaca, Choctaw County.
1938: Painter Larry Connatser was born in Birmingham.
1913: Children's author Sara Glendinning was born in Birmingham.
1903: Singer and "Aunt Jemima" portrayer Ethel Harper was born in Greensboro.
1885: Hueytown High School principal Harley Gilmore was born in Jefferson County.
1802: Attorney and State Assemblyman Robert Jemison Jr was born in Lincoln County, Georgia.

2015: Ashley Jones was presented with a Rona Jaffe Writer's Foundation Award in New York.
2005: Haleigh Stidham was crowned the 2006 "Miss Alabama USA" at Samford University.
1994: Heather Whitestone was crowned as "Miss America".

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 * [[1953]]: Actress Gloria Swanson made special appearances at the downtown [[Loveman's]] store.
 * 1953: The [[Crestwood Civic Club]] was organized.
+* [[1940]]: President Franklin Roosevelt [[List of presidential visits|attended]] the funeral of [[William Bankhead]] at [[Jasper First United Methodist Church]].
+==Education==
+* [[2021]]: The [[University of Alabama Board of Trustees]] voted to rename the [[University of Alabama Student Center|Ferguson Center]] and [[Archie Ward Hall|A. B. Moore Hall]].
 * [[1952]]: [[P. D. Jackson-Olin High School|Western High School]] opened.
-* [[1940]]: President Franklin Roosevelt [[List of presidential visits|attended]] the funeral of [[William Bankhead]] at [[Jasper First United Methodist Church]].
 ==Sports==