August 15: Difference between revisions

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August 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Paul Finebaum's sports talk show began airing on ESPN's SEC Network.
2008: Radio station WWMM-FM went on the air at frequency FM 100.5.
2006: Aubie was inducted into the national Mascot Hall of Fame.
2003: The final Furnace Fest began at Sloss Furnaces.
1981: The Eternal Word Television Network debuted.
1963: Loveman's department store was targeted by a tear gas bomb.
1948: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line.
1944: Rita Rizzo (Mother Angelica) joined the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio.
1936: The 1936 Central Park plane crash killed two people.
1926: The Ritz Theatre opened downtown.
1923: Lake Neely Henry on the Coosa River was created by the Henry Neely Dam.
1923: The Birmingham City Commission was reduced from 5 members to 3 by a newly-passed state law.

1944: Soul singer and producer Frederick Knight was born in Bessemer.
1941: Baseball player Tommie Reynolds was born.
1916: Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Joseph Raya was born in Zahlé, Lebanon.
1851: University of Alabama president James Powers was born in Lauderdale County.
1869: ACIPCO president and McWane Inc. founder James McWane was born in Wytheville, Virginia.
1841: Educator and reformer Julia S. Tutwiler was born in Tuscaloosa.

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 * [[1963]]: [[Loveman's]] department store was targeted by a tear gas bomb.
 * [[1948]]: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]].
-* [[1945]]: Publication of the ''[[Birmingham News]]'', ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' resumed after a month-long printers' strike.
 * [[1944]]: [[Mother Angelica|Rita Rizzo]] (Mother Angelica) joined the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio.
 * [[1936]]: The [[1936 Central Park plane crash]] killed two people.