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* [[1934]]: Birmingham's [[Nelda Brown]] was recognized as the 2,000,000th visitor to the Ford Exposition at Chicago's Century of Progress. | * [[1934]]: Birmingham's [[Nelda Brown]] was recognized as the 2,000,000th visitor to the Ford Exposition at Chicago's Century of Progress. | ||
==Births | ==Births== | ||
* [[2012]]; Author and filmmaker [[Nancy Stricklin]] died in an auto accident. | * [[2012]]; Author and filmmaker [[Nancy Stricklin]] died in an auto accident. | ||
* [[2009]]: Former [[University of Alabama]] administrator [[John Blackburn]] died in [[Tuscaloosa]]. | * [[2009]]: Former [[University of Alabama]] administrator [[John Blackburn]] died in [[Tuscaloosa]]. | ||
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* [[1921]]: Scholar [[Roland Frye]] was born in Birmingham. | * [[1921]]: Scholar [[Roland Frye]] was born in Birmingham. | ||
* [[1917]]: Baseball player [[Piper Davis]] was born in [[Piper]]. | * [[1917]]: Baseball player [[Piper Davis]] was born in [[Piper]]. | ||
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* [[1905]]: Firefighters [[Gip Spruiell]] and [[E. B. Huffman]] were the first members of the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]] to be killed in the line of dury when the [[Birmingham Paper Company]] building on [[Morris Avenue]] collapsed on them during a pre-dawn blaze. | |||
* [[1893]]: Former Jefferson County Sheriff [[Abner Killough]] died. | * [[1893]]: Former Jefferson County Sheriff [[Abner Killough]] died. | ||
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July 3 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2001: The Birmingham Film Commission was established by the City of Birmingham.
- 1982: Alabama Magic 39 - Jacksonville Sunbirds 7 at Jacksonville.
- 1962: Birmingham's first McDonald's restaurant opened in the Central Park neighborhood.
- 1934: Birmingham's Nelda Brown was recognized as the 2,000,000th visitor to the Ford Exposition at Chicago's Century of Progress.
Births
- 2012; Author and filmmaker Nancy Stricklin died in an auto accident.
- 2009: Former University of Alabama administrator John Blackburn died in Tuscaloosa.
- 1994: Former boxer Petey Sarron died.
- 1988: NBA player Thales McReynolds died.
- 1969: Soldier Bill Terry, Jr died in the Vietnam War.
- 1945: Actor and musician Mickey Rooney, Jr was born in Birmingham.
- 1928: Novelist and Birmingham Post editor Jack Bethea hanged himself at the Tutwiler Hotel.
- 1921: Scholar Roland Frye was born in Birmingham.
- 1917: Baseball player Piper Davis was born in Piper.
Deaths
- 1905: Firefighters Gip Spruiell and E. B. Huffman were the first members of the Birmingham Fire Department to be killed in the line of dury when the Birmingham Paper Company building on Morris Avenue collapsed on them during a pre-dawn blaze.
- 1893: Former Jefferson County Sheriff Abner Killough died.