August 28: Difference between revisions

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August 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Municipal elections were held.
2008: Samford defeated Division II West Georgia 21-19 at Seibert Stadium.
2008: Jack Bulow, director of the Birmingham Public Library, died.
1993: World War II fighter pilot Elliott Dent died.
1971: Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black admitted himself to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland due to poor health.
1963: Reverend Al Sutton was born.
1959: Artist Don Stewart was born.
1943: 28 miners were killed in the 1943 Sayreton No. 2 Mine explosion.
1938: Aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan made a public appearance in Birmingham shortly after his "unintended" trans-Atlantic flight.
1928: Alabama Crimson Tide football star Ed Salem was born in Tucson, Arizona.
1923: In a public referendum, Birmingham voted to outlaw private "jitney" services.
1919: Birmingham Vulcans head coach Marvin Bass was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1902: Bessemer police officer John Flowers was killed in the line of duty.
1819: Levi Reid took office as the first Jefferson County Sheriff.

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 '''August 28''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2012]]: [[2012 municipal elections|Municipal elections]] were held.
 *[[2008]]: [[2008 Samford Bulldogs football|Samford]] defeated Division II West Georgia 21-19 at [[Seibert Stadium]].
 *2008: [[Jack Bulow]], director of the [[Birmingham Public Library]], died.