March 3: Difference between revisions

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March 3 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: The Tuscaloosa Embassy Suites Hotel opened.
2014: The vinyl-clad Pepsi billboard over the Two North Twentieth sign was dedicated.
1984: Jesse Jackson made a campaign appearance at Kelly Ingram Park.
1956: Brothers Billy and Robert Dye and their cousin Dan Brasher disappeared.
1919: University of Montevallo's College Night tradition began.
1915: Oscar Underwood succeeded Francis White as U.S. Senator from Alabama.
1899: The Birmingham Southern Railroad Company was organized.
1831: Samuel B. Moore, as President of the state Senate, succeeded Gabriel Moore as Governor at his election to the U. S. Senate.
1819: William Wyatt Bibb was appointed the first and only governor of the Alabama Territory.
1817: The Alabama Territory was created by splitting the Mississippi Territory along the western border of Washington County.

1981: Birmingham Zoo elephant Bulwagi was born at Lion Country Safari near West Palm Beach, Florida.
1977: Actor Barret Swatek was born.
1962: Politician Tim James was born in Opelika.

2014: The Alabama Outlawz won their inaugural game against the Georgia Rampage at Dalton, Georgia.
2007: Adalius Thomas signed with the New England Patriots.
1987: The Birmingham Turf Club opened.
1985: The Birmingham Stallions lost to Denver 40-23.

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 '''March 3''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2015]]: The [[Tuscaloosa Embassy Suites Hotel]] opened.
 * [[2014]]: The vinyl-clad Pepsi billboard over the [[Two North Twentieth sign]] was dedicated.
 * [[1984]]: Jesse Jackson made a campaign appearance at [[Kelly Ingram Park]].