October 10

October 10 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: Trinity Hospital moved its patients and operations from its Montclair Road campus to its new location in the Grandview Medical Center.
2009: The 35th annual St Clair County Fall Festival was held.
1995: Richard Arrington Jr won a 5th consecutive term as Mayor of Birmingham in the 1995 Birmingham mayoral election.
1983: UAB's University Center opened.
1980: Governor Fob James appointed Oscar Adams Jr to the Alabama Supreme Court.
1948: Canterbury Methodist Church merged with Mountain Brook Methodist Church.
1945: The Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus began a two-day stop at Rickwood Field.
1891: The Birmingham Railway & Electric Company began electric car service in Birmingham.

Mitchell Porter, born October 10, 1825

Births

1984: Counselor and radio host Dana Woodruff was born.
1964: UAB and Puerto Rican national team basketball player Jerome Mincy was born.
1960: NBA player Rod Foster was born.
1956: Jazz pianist Johnny O'Neal was born.
1933: Hair stylist and Manson family victim Jay Sebring was born.
1825: Judge Mitchell Porter was born in Montevallo.

2015: Ramsay High School choir director Myrna Ria Ross died.
2009: Restauranteur Frank Carnaggio died.
2009: Delta Air Lines executive Robert Wharton III died in St Petersburg, Florida.
1980: Kapali Swamy was born in Mississippi.
1972: Lawyer and U.S. Senator Tom Stewart died.
1875: Farmer and Tannehill Ironworks owner Ninian Tannehill died.

2004: The first Porsche 250 race was held at Barber Motorsports Park.
1981: The Kansas City Kings defeated the Atlanta Hawks 102–84 in a NBA exhibition game at the BJCC Coliseum.
1906: The first automobile race was held at Birmingham International Raceway.