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[[Image:Piper Davis ASHOF.jpg|right|thumb|Piper Davis, born July 3, 1917]] | [[Image:Piper Davis ASHOF.jpg|right|thumb|Piper Davis, born July 3, 1917]] | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
* [[1961]]: Singer and songwriter [[John Blaylock]] was born in [[Warrior]]. | |||
* [[1945]]: Actor and musician [[Mickey Rooney Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]]. | * [[1945]]: Actor and musician [[Mickey Rooney Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]]. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||
* 1917: "[[Miss Vulcan]]" [[Evelyn Williams|Evelyn Tulley]] was born in Wren, Mississippi. | |||
* [[1867]]: Cinematographer [[Edward Ullman]] was born in Natchez, Mississippi. | |||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
* [[2012]] | * [[2023]]: Teacher and "Freedom Rider" [[Catherine Burks-Brooks]] died. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||
* [[1994]]: Former boxer [[Petey Sarron]] died. | * [[1994]]: Former boxer [[Petey Sarron]] died. | ||
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July 3 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2021: Jeezy, Boosie, Lil Durk, Pooh Shiesty, Yung Bleu, and Mooski performed at Legion Field.
- 2017: Birmingham signed a Sister City agreement with Maebashi, Japan in a ceremony at the "Toshinan" (tea house) in Birmingham's Japanese Gardens.
- 2001: The Birmingham Film Commission was established by the City of Birmingham.
- 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.
- 1891: The final edition of the Anzeiger des Südens was published.
Births
- 1961: Singer and songwriter John Blaylock was born in Warrior.
- 1945: Actor and musician Mickey Rooney Jr was born in Birmingham.
- 1921: Scholar Roland Frye was born in Birmingham.
- 1917: Baseball player Piper Davis was born in Piper.
- 1917: "Miss Vulcan" Evelyn Tulley was born in Wren, Mississippi.
- 1867: Cinematographer Edward Ullman was born in Natchez, Mississippi.
Deaths
- 2023: Teacher and "Freedom Rider" Catherine Burks-Brooks died.
- 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.
- 1928: Novelist and Birmingham Post editor Jack Bethea hanged himself at the Tutwiler Hotel.
- 1905: Firefighters Gip Spruiell and E. B. Huffman were the first members of the Birmingham Fire Department to be killed in the line of duty 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.
Sports
- 1982: Alabama Magic 39 - Jacksonville Sunbirds 7 at Jacksonville.