July 11: Difference between revisions

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July 11 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Alabama Warriors defeated the South Alabama Seminoles 50-12 in Montgomery.
2007: Former Governor Don Siegelman, convicted on bribery charges, was transferred from Atlanta to the Oakdale Correctional Complex in central Louisiana.
2007: Photographer Marshal Hagler died in Tuscaloosa.
2005: VJ's on the Runway re-opened in its current location near the Birmingham International Airport
2000: Charles D. Hart was elected as the first mayor of Clay.
1987: Bo Jackson signed a $7.4 million contract with the Los Angeles Raiders.
1919: Britling Cafeteria had a grand opening at its flagship 1st Avenue North location.
1904: By order of producer Mabel Whitman, the Jefferson Theatre agreed to open its dress circle and parquet seats to African-American patrons for performances of the Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours on July 23.
1884: Third Presbyterian Church was organized.

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 * [[1987]]: [[Bo Jackson]] signed a $7.4 million contract with the Los Angeles Raiders.
 * [[1919]]: [[Britling Cafeteria]] had a grand opening at its flagship [[1st Avenue North]] location.
-* [[1904]]: By order of producer Mabel Whitman, the [[Jefferson Theatre]] opened its dress circle and parquet seats to African-American patrons for performances of the Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours.
+* [[1904]]: By order of producer Mabel Whitman, the [[Jefferson Theatre]] agreed to open its dress circle and parquet seats to African-American patrons for performances of the Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours on [[July 23]].
 * [[1884]]: [[Third Presbyterian Church]] was organized.