September 4: Difference between revisions

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September 4 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Grey House Grille in SoHo Square closed.
1968: The Inglenook Community Center was dedicated.
1963: Dwight and Floyd Armstrong became the first black children to enroll at a formerly all-white Birmingham school.
1963: Arthur Shores residence, undergoing repairs from a previous blast, was hit by a second bomb.
1917: The Birmingham News started printing from their new building.
1916: Birmingham's Labor Day parade rolled through town.
1889: The Red Mountain Railroad began streetcar service to Rosedale.

Asa Carter, born September 4, 1925

2010: Nutritionist and UAB School of Public Health dean Juan Navia died in Birmingham.
1986: War Eagle V died of a ruptured spleen.
1982: Baseball player Buster Bray died.
1912: Labor leader William Mailly died in New York, New York.

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 [[Image:Asa Carter.jpg|right|thumb|Asa Carter, born September 4, 1925]]
 ==Births==
+* [[1943]]: Artist and philanthropist [[Nina Ireland]] was born in Birmingham.
 * [[1940]]: Radio DJ and manager [[Ken Tremelling]] was born.
 * [[1925]]: Klansman, speechwriter and novelist [[Asa Carter]] was born in [[Anniston]].
 * 1925: Bookmaker [[Sam Fiorella]] was born.
-* [[1910]]: Historian [[Jere King, Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1910]]: Historian [[Jere King Jr]] was born in Birmingham.
 * [[1866]]: Newspaper publisher [[Edward Barrett]] was born in Georgia.
 * [[1812]]: Governor [[John Winston]] was born in Madison County.