August 1: Difference between revisions

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August 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2006: New Vision Television purchased WIAT 42 from Media General.
2006: University of Montevallo president Robert M. McChesney, Sr retired.
2006: William Leggett became pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham.
2006: Demolition of the Homewood Gardens Apartments began for the development of Hallman Hill.
2002: The third annual Furnace Fest began at Sloss Furnaces.
2000: Legion Field was announced as the home for an XFL team.
1997: Regal Cinemas purchased Cobb Theatres.
1988: Virginia Algermissen became director of UAB's Lister Hill Library.
1988: Singer-songwriter Ryan Kinder was born.
1988: Convicted criminal Lakendall Sims was born.
1981: MTV debuted on the air with Alan Hunter as one of the five original VJs.
1961: Civil Rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth moved to Cincinnati to become pastor of Revelation Baptist Church.
1945: The USS Birmingham returned to service with the 5th fleet after repairs at Pearl Harbor.
1944: Roy Kracke assumed duties as the first dean of the Medical College of Alabama.
1941: Pitcher Satchel Paige returned to the East-West All Star Game after a 5-year absence.
1937: Ed Norton and Thad Holt purchased the lease for the WAPI-AM radio station.
1919: The Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta first opened in the Jefferson County Bank Building.
1903: Holt Furnace was blown in.

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 * 2006: [[William Leggett]] became pastor of the [[Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham]].
 * 2006: Demolition of the [[Homewood Gardens Apartments]] began for the development of [[Hallman Hill]].
+* [[2002]]: The third annual [[Furnace Fest]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
 * [[2000]]: [[Legion Field]] was announced as the home for an [[Birmingham Thunderbolts|XFL team]].
 * [[1997]]: Regal Cinemas purchased [[Cobb Theatres]].