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'''August 2''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''August 2''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2023]]: The [[2023 NABJ Convention]] began at the [[BJCC]].
* [[2013]]: Former [[JCCEO]] director [[Gayle Cunningham]] and her daughter, [[Kelli Caulfield]], pleaded guilty to theft from JCCEO accounts.
* [[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]].
* [[2008]]: The 3rd annual [[Birmingham Folk Festival]] was renamed and moved to [[Avondale Park]].
* 2008: [[John Mark Stallings]] died at his father's ranch in Paris, Texas.
* [[2006]]: [[Saks, Inc.]] sold its [[Parisian]] division to Belk, Inc.
* [[2006]]: [[Saks, Inc.]] sold its [[Parisian]] division to Belk, Inc.
* [[1987]]: The former [[Stafford Inn]] reopened as [[Stafford Plaza]] in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[1987]]: The former [[Stafford Inn]] reopened as [[Stafford Plaza]] in [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[1952]]: [[Pete Clifford]] married [[Sophia Clifford|Sophia Ann Mize]].
* [[1893]]: A national economic depression led to the initial failure of the [[National Bank of Birmingham]].
* [[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.
* [[1819]]: The [[Alabama Constitution of 1819]] was adopted by the territorial general assembly.


==Births and deaths==
[[File:Red Cochran.jpg|right|thumb|Red Cochran, born August 2, 1922]]
==Births==
* [[1969]]: Taxidermist [[David Phillips]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1923]]: Businessman and [[Vestavia Hills City Council]] president [[Fred McCrory]] was born in [[Greensboro]].
* [[1922]]: NFL coach and scout [[Red Cochran|John "Red" Cochran]] was born in [[Fairfield]].
* [[1920]]: Baptist minister [[Grady Cothen]] was born in Poplarville, Mississippi.
* [[1892]]: Securities broker and civic leader [[Mervyn Sterne]] was born in [[Anniston]].
* [[1880]]: Attorney [[Claude Ritter]] was born in Carthage, North Carolina.
* [[1857]]: [[Birmingham Police Department]] patrol officer [[James Mullin]] was born.
 
==Deaths==
* [[2020]]: [[Bonnie Bolding Swearingen]], actress, stockbroker and philanthropist
* [[2013]]: [[Southern Skin Divers Supply]] founder [[Bill Tant]] died.
* [[2013]]: [[Southern Skin Divers Supply]] founder [[Bill Tant]] died.
* [[2005]]: Former [[Golden Flake]] CEO [[Sloan Bashinsky, Sr]] 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.
* 2005: Soprano [[Loulie Jean Norman]] died in Los Angeles.
* [[1969]]: Taxidermist [[David Phillips]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1962]]: [[Larry Thomas]] was kidnapped and murdered.
* [[1918]]: [[World War I]] hero [[Mortimer Jordan (WWI)|Mortimer Jordan]] died near Sergy (Aisnes), France.
* [[1918]]: [[World War I]] hero [[Mortimer Jordan (WWI)|Mortimer Jordan]] died near Sergy (Aisnes), France.
==Sports==
* [[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:

Red Cochran, born August 2, 1922

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