January 30: Difference between revisions

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January 30 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2008: The Birmingham Police Department's ShotSpotter gunfire location technology produced its first arrest.
2007: Daniel Alarcón's novel Lost City Radio was published.
2007: Two-A-Days season 2 premiered on MTV.
1968: Tuscaloosa's Memorial Coliseum opened its doors for a performance of "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd".
1922: Construction of Woodlawn High School was completed.
1917: Harry "The Human Fly" Gardiner climbed the exterior of the Empire Building.
1831: Furnace master Moses Stroup married Permelia Richards.

1972: Actor Jennifer Hale was born.
1937: Mechanic and bluesman G. B. Burt was born in Birmingham.
1928: Gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates was born.
1923: 1948 Birmingham Barons first baseman Walt Dropo was born in Moosup, Connecticut.

2014: Former LPGA golfer and Auburn Tigers women's golf coach Danielle Downey died in a single-car accident.
2009: Governor of Alabama Guy Hunt died in Birmingham.
2006: Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King died.
1990: Milo's founder Milo Carlton died.

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 * [[2007]]: [[Daniel Alarcón]]'s novel ''Lost City Radio'' was published.
 * 2007: [[Two-A-Days]] season 2 premiered on MTV.
+* [[1968]]: [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[Coleman Coliseum|Memorial Coliseum]] opened its doors for a performance of "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd".
 * [[1922]]: Construction of [[Woodlawn High School]] was completed.
 * [[1917]]: Harry "The Human Fly" Gardiner climbed the exterior of the [[Empire Building]].