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* [[December 8]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] approved a [[ride-sharing]] ordinance. | |||
* [[November 17]]: [[U.S. Steel]] shut down the blast furnace at [[Fairfield Works]]. | * [[November 17]]: [[U.S. Steel]] shut down the blast furnace at [[Fairfield Works]]. | ||
* [[November 14]]-[[November 17|17]]: The [[2015 SEUS Japan meeting|38th Annual Joint Meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan and the Japan-U.S Southeast Associations]] was held in Birmingham. | * [[November 14]]-[[November 17|17]]: The [[2015 SEUS Japan meeting|38th Annual Joint Meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan and the Japan-U.S Southeast Associations]] was held in Birmingham. | ||
* [[October 23]]: The [[Nina Miglionico statue]] was dedicated at [[Linn Park]]. | * [[October 23]]: The [[Nina Miglionico statue]] was dedicated at [[Linn Park]]. | ||
==[[Special:Recentchanges|New articles]]== | ==[[Special:Recentchanges|New articles]]== |
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- December 8: The Birmingham City Council approved a ride-sharing ordinance.
- November 17: U.S. Steel shut down the blast furnace at Fairfield Works.
- November 14-17: The 38th Annual Joint Meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan and the Japan-U.S Southeast Associations was held in Birmingham.
- October 23: The Nina Miglionico statue was dedicated at Linn Park.
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Did you know?
- ...that Shades Cahaba is the only Homewood elementary school not to have suffered a major fire?
- ...that Louise Wooster's sister was also a noted Birmingham madam, under the name Maggie Bracken?
- ...that the Indian Springs School once boasted a "Truth House", a tilting classroom used to demonstrate physics concepts?
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