December 23: Difference between revisions

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December 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Atherotech was acquired by Behrman Capital.
2008: Johnathan Austin was named William Bell's replacement for the Birmingham City Council District 5 seat.
2007: Art collector Sandra Sokol died.
2006: South Florida defeated East Carolina 24-7 in the first PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field.
2005: Businessman Harold Ruttenberg died.
2003: The Birmingham Film Commission was revived.
1946: The Apollo Boys' Choir was featured on the Bell Telephone Hour with Helen Traubel as soloist.
1929: Football coach Dude Hennessey was born in Covington, Kentucky.
1913: Birmingham, Selma & Pensacola Railroad was acquired by Birmingham, Selma & Mobile Railroad.
1912: Harvard dean and Miles College professor John Monro was born in North Andover, Massachusetts.
1897: Birmingham Alderman Tom Ashford chased an unarmed man into a crowded jewelry store and shot him three times.
1822: The Alabama Legislature commissioned Abraham Stouts to construct a public road from Morgan County to the Black Warrior River.
1819: Jefferson County Sheriff Levi Reid married Eleanor Rusher.

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 * [[1897]]: [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen|Birmingham Alderman]] [[Tom Ashford]] chased an unarmed man into a crowded jewelry store and shot him three times.
 * [[1822]]: The [[Alabama Legislature]] commissioned [[Abraham Stouts]] to construct a [[Stouts Road|public road]] from Morgan County to the [[Black Warrior River]].
+* [[1819]]: [[Jefferson County Sheriff]] [[Levi Reid]] married [[Eleonor Reid|Eleanor Rusher]].
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