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.

Dorothy Love Coates, born January 30, 1928

1972: Actor Jennifer Hale was born.
1937: Mechanic and blues performer 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.
1877: Banker Walter Henley was born in Birmingham.

2017: Housing Authority of the Birmingham District executive director Naomi Truman died.
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.
1968: Samford University benefactor F. Page Seibert died in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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 * [[2006]]: Civil rights activist [[Coretta Scott King]] died.
 * [[1990]]: [[Milo's]] founder [[Milo Carlton]] died.
+* [[1968]]: [[Samford University]] benefactor [[F. Page Seibert]] died in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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