March 29: Difference between revisions

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March 29 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: A fire in the vacant S. J. Bennett Professional Building resulted in a structural collapse.
2012: Freshfully won the Occupy Avondale contest for 6 months free rent at 200 41st Street South.
2008: Anglican bishop William Wilson was consecrated at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School.
2008: Edgewood Creamery opened.
2001: Chris McNair resigned from the Jefferson County Commission.
1973: The Grand Bijou revival theatre opened with a screening of The Jazz Singer.
1964: The 1964 Billy Graham Easter Rally was held at Legion Field.
1954: Loveman's opened a new store in the former Erlick's location in downtown Bessemer.
1941: WSGN-AM moved to frequency AM 610.
1899: Elizabeth White graduated from Birmingham Medical College.
1883: The Mary Pratt Furnace Company was incorporated.

2014: Irondale Police Department drug detection dog J-R died.
2005: Former Judge and Senator Howell Heflin died in Sheffield.
2002: Former Harvard dean and Miles College professor John Monro died in LaVerne, California.
1998: Marine officer and Medal of Honor recipient Harold Wilson died in Lexington, South Carolina.

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 * 2008: [[Edgewood Creamery]] opened.
 * [[2001]]: [[Chris McNair]] resigned from the [[Jefferson County Commission]].
+* [[1973]]: The [[Lyric Theatre|Grand Bijou]] revival theatre opened with a screening of ''The Jazz Singer''.
 * [[1964]]: The [[1964 Billy Graham Easter Rally]] was held at [[Legion Field]].
 * [[1954]]: [[Loveman's]] opened a new store in the former [[Erlick's]] location in downtown [[Bessemer]].