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'''July 23''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''July 23''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2018]]: [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[Union Furniture Co.]] closed.
* [[2010]]: ''[[Sloss: Industry to Art]]'' premiered at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
* [[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.
* [[2007]]: The 2,000-foot extension of runway 6-24 at [[Birmingham International Airport]] was dedicated.
* [[2006]]: [[2006 Birmingham Barons|Birmingham Barons]] pitcher [[Tyler Lumsden]] was traded to the Kansas City Royals.
* [[1976]]: [[KISS]] played [[Rickwood Field]] during their "Destroyer" tour.
* [[2005]]: Arkansas Twisters 55 - [[2005 Birmingham Steeldogs|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* [[1963]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] unanimously repealed the city's [[segregation ordinances]] and reopened [[List of Birmingham parks|city parks]].
* [[1963]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] unanimously repealed the city's [[segregation ordinances]] and reopened [[List of Birmingham parks|city parks]].
* [[1958]]: [[Maureen Brumbeloe]] became the [[Birmingham Police Department]]'s first uniformed female officer.
* [[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.
* [[1956]]: The new [[Alabama Farmers Market]] opened on [[Finley Avenue]].
* [[1904]]: The Whitman Sisters' New Orleans Troubadours performed before an integrated white and African-American audience at the [[Jefferson Theatre]].
* [[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.
* [[1897]]: The [[City Paper Company]] was founded.
* [[1882]]: Reverend [[James Hall]] married Emma Gardner in [[Montevallo]].
* [[1882]]: Reverend [[James Hall]] married Emma Gardner in [[Montevallo]].


==Births and deaths==
[[Image:John Katopodis 1981.jpg|right|thumb|John Katopodis, born July 23, 1947]]
==Births==
* [[1982]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide basketball]] and [[NBA player]] [[Gerald Wallace]] was born in [[Childersburg]].
* [[1974]]: Respiratory therapist and professional bass fisherman [[Kyle Mabrey]] was born.
* [[1961]]: Army aviator, businessman and U.S. Senate candidate was born in Berlin, New Hampshire.
* [[1952]]: Anti-government activist [[Mike Vanderboegh]] was born in St Joseph, Michigan.
* [[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]].
* [[1916]]: Pharmacist [[D. O. McClusky, Jr]] was born.
 
==Deaths==
* [[2020]]: Community activist [[Ouida Fritschi‎]] died.
* [[2018]]: Former U.S. Senator [[Maryon Allen]] died.
* [[2009]]: Aviator [[Camille Baird]] died.
* [[2009]]: Aviator [[Camille Baird]] died.
* [[1998]]: Theologian and former Vanderbilt chancellor [[Harvie Branscomb]] died.
* [[1998]]: Theologian and former Vanderbilt chancellor [[Harvie Branscomb]] died.
* [[1982]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide basketball]] and [[NBA player]] [[Gerald Wallace]] was born in [[Childersburg]].
* [[1974]]: Architect [[Jack B. Smith]] died.
* [[1952]]: Former Presbyterian pastor and insurance salesman [[Sterling Foster]] died in North Carolina.
* [[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.
* [[1922]]: Former [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[B. A. Thompson]] died.
* [[1916]]: Pharmacist [[D. O. McClusky, Jr]] was born.


==Sports==
* [[2006]]: [[2006 Birmingham Barons|Birmingham Barons]] pitcher [[Tyler Lumsden]] was traded to the Kansas City Royals.
* [[2005]]: Arkansas Twisters 55 - [[2005 Birmingham Steeldogs|Birmingham Steeldogs]] 42 at the [[BJCC]] arena.
* [[1964]]: [[1964 Birmingham Barons]] star [[Bert Campaneris]] made his Major League debut.
* [[1941]]: [[Satchel Paige]] was injured when a pitch hit him in the left arm.
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July 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

John Katopodis, born July 23, 1947

Births

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Sports

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