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* [[1859]]: Attorney [[Mitchell A. Porter]] was born in [[Elyton]]. | * [[1859]]: Attorney [[Mitchell A. Porter]] was born in [[Elyton]]. | ||
* [[1851]]: Attorney and Chancellor [[John Altman]] was born in Sumter County. | * [[1851]]: Attorney and Chancellor [[John Altman]] was born in Sumter County. | ||
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August 17 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2013: The "Before I die" art installation was erected on the 14th Street South side of the Wood Wade building.
- 2012: Trussville landmark Velma's Place lost their lease.
- 2008: Ridgecrest Baptist Church dedicated its new sanctuary in Trussville.
- 2006: Engineer Linda Figg presented schematic designs of an elevated tollway over U.S. Highway 280 to the Progress 280 Task Force.
- 2002: Peoria Pirates 79 - Birmingham Steeldogs 33 at the BJCC arena.
- 1949: The Birmingham Business League, Birmingham Emancipation Association and the NAACP co-sponsored a mass meeting to protest the growing list of racially motivated bombings in the city.
- 1887: Educator A. H. Parker arrived in Birmingham.
- 1883: Woodward Furnace No. 1 was blown in.
- 1805: Hosea Holcombe was ordained as a Baptist minister in Padgett's Creek, South Carolina.
Births and deaths
- 2011: Barton-Clay Fine Jewelers co-owner Sperry Snow died.
- 1990: Major League Soccer player Chandler Hoffman was born.
- 1973: Singer Paul Williams was found dead in Detroit, Michigan, an apparent suicide.
- 1942: Entrepreneur Harold Ruttenberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1939: Industrial High School principal A. H. Parker died in Birmingham.
- 1933: Third baseman Jim Davenport was born in Siluria.
- 1927: Planner Robert Juster was born in London, England.
- 1913: Baseball player Rudy York was born in Ragland.
- 1859: Attorney Mitchell A. Porter was born in Elyton.
- 1851: Attorney and Chancellor John Altman was born in Sumter County.