November 30

November 30 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2012: VJ's on the Runway was destroyed by fire.
• 2012: Mayor William Bell's police security detail was involved in an shootout on I-20/59.
• 2010: Bob Roller resigned from the athletics directorship at Samford University.
• 2006: Pat Sullivan accepted the head coach position at Samford University.
• 1999: The American Village in Montevallo opened.
• 1954: Ann Hodges was struck by a meteorite in Sylacauga.
• 1893: St Paul's Cathedral was dedicated.
• 1886: Justice James Stiles married Mary C. Porter.

Tom York, born November 30, 1924

Births

• 1974: UAB Blazers basketball/football player James Bristow was born.
• 1962: Bo Jackson was born in Bessemer.
• 1948: Artist Longin Soverow was born.
• 1925: Former Senator Maryon Allen was born in Meridian, Mississippi.
• 1924: Morning Show host Tom York was born in Holland, Missouri.
• 1884: Architect Eugene Knight was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
• 1814: Huffman namesake Robert W. Huffman was born in South Carolina.

Deaths

• 2000: Jazz drummer Wilson Driver died in Harlem, New York.
• 1998: Writer and poet Margaret Walker died.
• 1991: Federal judge Clarence Allgood died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• 1989: Auto dealer John Farr Sr died.

Sports

• 1939: Auburn and Florida played the first college football game in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Iron Bowl

• 2013: The Auburn Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 34-28 in the Iron Bowl at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
• 1991: Auburn played their last home game at Legion Field, losing to Alabama 13-6.
• 1985: Alabama won the Iron Bowl.
• 1963: Auburn won the Iron Bowl.
• 1957: Auburn shut out the Tide 40-0 in the Iron Bowl.
• 1893: The second Iron Bowl was played, with Agricultural and Mechanical College (later called Auburn University) winning 40-16.