July 23

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.
2007: The 2,000-foot extension of runway 6-24 at Birmingham International Airport was dedicated.
1976: KISS played Rickwood Field during their "Destroyer" tour.
1963: The Birmingham City Council unanimously repealed the city's segregation ordinances and reopened city parks.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.
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.
1897: The City Paper Company was founded.
1882: Reverend James Hall married Emma Gardner in Montevallo.

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.
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.

2020: Community activist Ouida Fritschi‎ died.
2018: Former U.S. Senator Maryon Allen died.
2009: Aviator Camille Baird died.
1998: Theologian and former Vanderbilt chancellor Harvie Branscomb died.
1974: Architect Jack B. Smith died.
1952: Former Presbyterian pastor and insurance salesman Sterling Foster died in North Carolina.
1922: Former Mayor of Birmingham B. A. Thompson died.

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.
1941: Satchel Paige was injured when a pitch hit him in the left arm.