November 1: Difference between revisions

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November 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Coach John Lee Armstrong died in Birmingham.
2012: Fading Signs of Birmingham by Charles Buchanan was published.
2010: Ken Gulley was sworn in as Mayor of Bessemer.
2009: Former UAB Blazers basketball star Alan Ogg died from a staph infection.
2009: Art librarian Robert Kaufmann died in New York, New York
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.
2008: The third annual Moss Rock Festival kicked off in Hoover.
2008: Miles College lost 52-2 to Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee.
2005: Runoff elections were held.
2005: The 8th Battle for the Bones saw UAB defeat Memphis 37-20 in Memphis.
2005: Sean Meyer began working as Birmingham's only full-time sommelier.
2003: Kiprono Kemei, Agnes Ngunjiri and Macky Tyndall won their divisions in the Vulcan Run.
1981: Pro football player Evan Mathis was born in Birmingham.
1975: Musician and American Idol runner-up Bo Bice was born.
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.
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.
1936: R&B singer Andre Williams was born in Bessemer.
1932: Baseball player and football coach Jim Pyburn was born in Fairfield.

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 * [[2012]]: Coach [[John Lee Armstrong]] died in [[Birmingham]].
+* 2012: ''[[Fading Signs of Birmingham]]'' by [[Charles Buchanan]] was published.
 * [[2010]]: [[Ken Gulley]] was sworn in as [[Mayor of Bessemer]].
 * [[2009]]: Former [[UAB Blazers]] basketball star [[Alan Ogg]] died from a staph infection.