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1901 church fire

April 17 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: The Homewood Scooter Club was established.
1991: The Southern Baptist Convention Sunday School Board placed a stone marker at the site of O'Brien's Opera House, where the group had been organized in 1891.
1901: Third Presbyterian Church's building and rectory were destroyed by fire.
1814: Andrew Jackson established a headquarters at Fort Jackson and accepted the surrenders of Indian leaders.

J. B. Elliott, born April 17, 1932

2018: Former Bishop of Birmingham David Foley died.
2016: Reformed bank robber and minister Mary Kay Beard died in Missouri.
2014: Retired Birmingham Police Department Sergeant Betty Jensen died.
2011: Former University of Alabama President Andrew Sorensen died.
1992: Western swing bandleader Hank Penny died in Camarillo, California.
1947: Architect and artist Frank Hartley Anderson died in Habersham County, Georgia.
1937: Birmingham Barons pitcher Bill Foxen died in Brooklyn, New York.
1904: Jefferson County Commissioner Thomas Parsons died in Bessemer.

2009: Pitcher Andy Phillips was traded to the Chicago White Sox.
2004: Birmingham Steeldogs 54, Arkansas Twisters 40 at Little Rock.
1983: Denver Gold 9, Birmingham Steeldogs 7
1927: Former Birmingham Baron Sammy West made his Major League debut with the Washington Senators.

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 * [[1961]]: Broadway star [[Rebecca Luker]] was born in [[Helena]].
 * [[1954]]: [[CAPS]] director [[Teresa Thorne]] was born in Montgomery.
+* c. [[1953]]: News anchor [[Pam Huff]] was born in West Virginia.
 * [[1937]]: Father [[James Tuohy]] was born in Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland.
 * [[1932]]: Meteorologist [[J. B. Elliott]] was born in [[Hale County]].