August 15: Difference between revisions

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August 15 in the history of the Birmingham District:

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.
2001: The Alabama Slammers women's football team was licensed in the WAFL.
1948: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line.
1944: Rita Rizzo joined the Adoration Monastery of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio.
1941: Baseball player Tommie Reynolds was born.
1931: Pitcher Ivy Andrews debuted with the New York Yankees.
1927: Former governor B. B. Comer died in Birmingham.
1926: The Ritz Theatre opened downtown.
1923: Lake Neely Henry on the Coosa River was created by the Henry Neely Dam.
1916: Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Joseph Raya was born in Zahlé, Lebanon.
1841: Educator and reformer Julia S. Tutwiler was born in Tuscaloosa.

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 * [[2003]]: The final [[Furnace Fest]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
 * [[2001]]: The [[Alabama Slammers]] women's football team was licensed in the WAFL.
+* [[1948]]: Trackless trolleys took over for streetcars on the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]].
 * [[1944]]: [[Mother Angelica|Rita Rizzo]] joined the Adoration Monastery of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio.
 * [[1941]]: Baseball player [[Tommie Reynolds]] was born.