August 28: Difference between revisions

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August 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2008: Samford defeated Division II West Georgia 21-19 at Seibert Stadium.
2008: Jack Bulow, director of the Birmingham Public Library, died.
1993: World War II fighter pilot Elliott Dent died.
1971: Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black admitted himself to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland due to poor health.
1963: Reverend Al Sutton was born.
1959: Artist Don Stewart was born.
1943: 28 miners were killed in the 1943 Sayreton No. 2 Mine explosion.
1938: Aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan made a public appearance in Birmingham shortly after his "unintended" trans-Atlantic flight.
1928: Alabama Crimson Tide football star Ed Salem was born in Tucson, Arizona.
1923: In a public referendum, Birmingham voted to outlaw private "jitney" services.
1919: Birmingham Vulcans head coach Marvin Bass was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1902: Bessemer police officer John Flowers was killed in the line of duty.

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 * [[1928]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football]] star [[Ed Salem]] was born in Tucson, Arizona.
 * [[1923]]: In a public referendum, [[Birmingham]] voted to outlaw private "jitney" services.
+* [[1919]]: [[Birmingham Vulcans]] head coach [[Marvin Bass]] was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
 * [[1902]]: [[Bessemer]] [[Bessemer Police Department|police officer]] [[John Flowers]] was killed in the line of duty.
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