June 30

Lipscomb, incorporated June 30, 1910

June 30 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2010: Wallace Lockett was elected the 57th Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
• 2008: Jodi Newton retired as superintendent of Homewood City Schools.
• 2008: Jim Dunaway became the sports anchor at WIAT 42.
• 2006: Nancy Clemmons retired as director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences.
• 2006: Albert Pacifico retired as vice chairman of the department of surgery at UAB Hospital.
• 2004: SouthTrust Tower was purchased by Atlanta's Barry Real Estate for $55 million.
• 1980: U. W. Clemon was named to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by President Jimmy Carter.
• 1979: Alabama Vulcans 20 - Mississippi Stars 14 at Legion Field.
• 1972: The Highland Racquet Club (former Birmingham Country Club building) was destroyed by fire.
• 1969: The Alabama Public Service Commission approved the demolition of the Birmingham Terminal Station.
• 1951: The Birmingham Electric Company became the Birmingham Transit Company
• 1942: Congress cut off funding for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
• 1910: The city of Lipscomb was incorporated.

Births and deaths

• 1961: Baseball player Dizzy Dismukes died in Campbell, Ohio.
• 1945: Catcher Otis Thornton was born in Docena.
• 1888: Contractor Houston Brice, Sr was born in Louisiana.