July 23: Difference between revisions

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July 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2010: Sloss: Industry to Art premiered at Sloss Furnaces.
2007: The 2,000-foot extension of runway 6-24 at Birmingham International Airport was dedicated.
2006: Birmingham Barons pitcher Tyler Lumsden was traded to the Kansas City Royals.
2005: Arkansas Twisters 55 - Birmingham Steeldogs 42 at the BJCC arena.
1964: 1964 Birmingham Barons star Bert Campaneris made his Major League debut.
1963: The Birmingham City Council unanimously repealed the city's segregation ordinances and reopened city parks.
1958: Maureen Brumbeloe became the Birmingham Police Department's first uniformed female officer.
1941: Satchel Paige was injured when a pitch hit him in the left arm.
1904: The Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours performed before an integrated white and African-American audience at the Jefferson Theatre.
1897: The City Paper Company was founded.

2009: Aviator Camille Baird died.
1998: Theologian and former Vanderbilt chancellor Harvie Branscomb died.
1982: Alabama Crimson Tide basketball and NBA player Gerald Wallace was born in Childersburg.
1952: Former Presbyterian pastor and insurance salesman Sterling Foster died in North Carolina.
1948: Alabama State Representative Mary Moore was born in Birmingham.
1947: Former Birmingham City Council president and Jefferson County Commission member John Katopodis was born in Birmingham.
1922: Former Mayor of Birmingham B. A. Thompson died.
1916: Pharmacist D. O. McClusky, Jr was born.

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 * [[1948]]: Alabama State Representative [[Mary Moore]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1947]]: Former [[Birmingham City Council]] president and [[Jefferson County Commission]] member [[John Katopodis]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1922]]: Former [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[B. A. Thompson]] died.
 * [[1916]]: Pharmacist [[D. O. McClusky, Jr]] was born.
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