November 1: Difference between revisions

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November 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Fading Signs of Birmingham by Charles Buchanan was published.
2010: Ken Gulley was sworn in as Mayor of Bessemer.
2008: The third annual Moss Rock Festival kicked off in Hoover.
2005: Runoff elections were held.
2005: Sean Meyer began working as Birmingham's only full-time sommelier.
2005: Bryan Noe was appointed as the first dean of the UAB Graduate School.
1993: Mary McLeod was consecrated as Episcopal Bishop of Vermont.
1979: An explosion at the Hercules Powder Plant in Bessemer killed one worker.
1955: The City of Birmingham formally took over operations of the Birmingham Zoo at Lane Park.
1949: Arthur Bennett Lipkin became the conductor of the newly-revived Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
1946: Vulcan's torch glowed red for the first time following a fatal auto collision in Southside.
1946: ACIPCO School was renamed in honor of John Eagan.
1944: Elliott Dent took on a squadron of Japanese fighter planes and shot down three before being shot down himself, earning a Distinguished Service Cross.

2009: Jamie McMurray won the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
2008: BSC won on the road, Samford was narrowly defeated at home, and UAB was soundly defeated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
2008: Miles College lost 52-2 to Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee.
2005: The 8th Battle for the Bones saw UAB defeat Memphis 37-20 in Memphis.
2003: Kiprono Kemei, Agnes Ngunjiri and Macky Tyndall won their divisions in the Vulcan Run.
1991: Gene Bartow wrote a letter to NCAA compliance officer David Berst with allegations of recruiting violations in the Alabama Crimson Tide athletic department.

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 * [[1936]]: R&B singer [[Andre Williams]] was born in [[Bessemer]].
 * [[1932]]: Baseball player and football coach [[Jim Pyburn]] was born in [[Fairfield]].
+* [[1905]]: Architect [[Dupree Greer]] was born in Liberty, South Carolina.
 * [[1893]]: Insurance executive [[Frank Samford, Sr]] was born in Troy, Pike County.