March 2: Difference between revisions

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March 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: CME Bishop Wallace Lockett died on a flight from Amsterdam.
2011: Former football coach Dude Hennessey died in Tuscaloosa.
2010: Retired educator Ernest Palmore died.
2009: Herzing College (formerly Herzing Institute) became Herzing University.
2003: Musician Hank Ballard died in Los Angeles.
1984: Sculptor Geneva Mercer died in Demopolis.
1973: Museum curator Graham Boettcher was born in Bellingham, Washington.
1970: The Daniel Building opened its doors.
1964: Conductor Justin Brown was born in London.
1963: Patsy Cline, Tex Ritter and Jerry Lee Lewis performed a fund-raiser at Municipal Auditorium for the widow of Kansas City disc jockey Jack Call. (Cline died in a plane crash three days later.)
1962: Football kicker Al Del Greco was born in Rhode Island.
1953: Rodger Smitherman was born in Montgomery.
1942: A snowfall dropped 2.5 inches on Birmingham.
1935: Football coach Gene Stallings was born in Paris, Texas.
1915: A snowfall dropped 2.8 inches on Birmingham.
1901: The trustees of the Alabama Department of Archives and History had their first meeting, making Tom Owen director.

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 '''March 2''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
-* [[2011]]: Former football coach [[Dude Hennessey]] died in [[Tuscaloosa]].
+* [[2011]]: CME Bishop [[Wallace Lockett]] died on a flight from Amsterdam.
+* 2011: Former football coach [[Dude Hennessey]] died in [[Tuscaloosa]].
 * [[2010]]: Retired educator [[Ernest Palmore]] died.
 * [[2009]]: Herzing College (formerly Herzing Institute) became [[Herzing University]].