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* [[2019]]: The [[2019 UAB Blazers football team]] defeated the [[Alabama State Hornets]] 24-19 before 39,165 in the season opener at [[Legion Field]]. | |||
* [[2009]]: [[Birmingham Wildfire]] defeated Georgia Crush 31-0 in Macon, Georgia. | * [[2009]]: [[Birmingham Wildfire]] defeated Georgia Crush 31-0 in Macon, Georgia. | ||
* 2009: [[Alabama Warriors]] defeated Northwest Florida Falcons 42-20 in the first round of the Premier Football League championships at [[Mortimer Jordan High School]] in [[Morris]]. | * 2009: [[Alabama Warriors]] defeated Northwest Florida Falcons 42-20 in the first round of the Premier Football League championships at [[Mortimer Jordan High School]] in [[Morris]]. | ||
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August 29 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2018: The UAB Intramural and Club Sport Field Complex was dedicated.
- 2013: Chris McNair was released from federal prison.
- 2008: Regions acquired deposits and assets from the failed Alpharetta, Georgia-based Integrity Bank.
- 2006: Silvertron Cafe was reopened.
- 2003: The innaugural Writer's Block graffiti exposition was held at Sloss Furnaces.
- 1970: Operation New Birmingham announced the Birmingham Green project to beautify 20th Street North.
- 1964: Vaughan-Weil's second location at Five Points West opened.
- 1957: The U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Births
- 1994: Birmingham Zoo's white tiger Moti was born in Ohio.
- 1975: Publisher André Natta was born.
- 1937: Gastroenterologist Robert Slaughter was born in Haleyville.
- 1924: Blues singer Dinah Washington was born in Tuscaloosa.
Deaths
- 2015: Monumental Contracting Services founder William Robertson Jr was killed while bicycling in Blount County.
- 1997: Jefferson County Sheriff Mel Bailey died.
- 1971: Author and activist Emma Gelders Sterne died in San Jose, California.
- 1865: Former state representative Lemuel McMillion died in Jefferson County.
Sports
- 2019: The 2019 UAB Blazers football team defeated the Alabama State Hornets 24-19 before 39,165 in the season opener at Legion Field.
- 2009: Birmingham Wildfire defeated Georgia Crush 31-0 in Macon, Georgia.
- 2009: Alabama Warriors defeated Northwest Florida Falcons 42-20 in the first round of the Premier Football League championships at Mortimer Jordan High School in Morris.
- 2009: Miles College defeated Lane College 35-18 in Fairfield.