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* [[2013]]: "Taco" broke a 52-game drought in the [[Fast Food Race|Hardee's Fast Food Race]] at [[Regions Field]]. | * [[2013]]: "Taco" broke a 52-game drought in the [[Fast Food Race|Hardee's Fast Food Race]] at [[Regions Field]]. | ||
* [[1969]]: The AFL's Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders 23-17 in an exhibition game at [[Legion Field]]. | |||
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August 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2013: Former JCCEO director Gayle Cunningham and her daughter, Kelli Caulfield, pleaded guilty to theft from JCCEO accounts.
- 2008: The 3rd annual Birmingham Folk Festival was renamed and moved to Avondale Park.
- 2006: Saks, Inc. sold its Parisian division to Belk, Inc.
- 1987: The former Stafford Inn reopened as Stafford Plaza in Tuscaloosa.
- 1952: Pete Clifford married Sophia Ann Mize.
- 1893: A national economic depression led to the initial failure of the National Bank of Birmingham.
- 1819: The Alabama Constitution of 1819 was adopted by the territorial general assembly.
Births
- 1969: Taxidermist David Phillips was born in Birmingham.
- 1923: Businessman and Vestavia Hills City Council president Fred McCrory was born in Greensboro.
Deaths
- 2013: Southern Skin Divers Supply founder Bill Tant died.
- 2008: John Mark Stallings died at his father's ranch in Paris, Texas.
- 2005: Former Golden Flake CEO Sloan Bashinsky Sr died.
- 2005: Soprano Loulie Jean Norman died in Los Angeles.
- 1962: Larry Thomas was kidnapped and murdered.
- 1918: World War I hero Mortimer Jordan died near Sergy (Aisnes), France.
Sports
- 2013: "Taco" broke a 52-game drought in the Hardee's Fast Food Race at Regions Field.
- 1969: The AFL's Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders 23-17 in an exhibition game at Legion Field.