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'''October 2''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''October 2''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2008]]: [[2008 UAB Blazers football|UAB]] lost the [[Battle for the Bones]] to Memphis 33-30 at [[Legion Field]].
* [[2013]]: The [[Birmingham Comprehensive Plan]] was adopted by the [[Birmingham City Council]].
* [[2007]]: [[Robert Baker]] was installed as the [[Catholic Diocese of Birmingham|Bishop of Birmingham]].
* [[2007]]: [[Robert Baker]] was installed as the [[Catholic Diocese of Birmingham|Bishop of Birmingham]].
* [[2000]]: [[Scotty McCallum]] was sworn in as [[Mayor of Vestavia Hills]].
* [[2000]]: [[Scotty McCallum]] was sworn in as [[Mayor of Vestavia Hills]].
* [[1997]]: ''[[4 Little Girls]]'' had its last showing of a two week run at the [[Carver Theatre]].
* [[1997]]: ''[[4 Little Girls]]'' had its last showing of a two week run at the [[Carver Theatre]].
* [[1986]]: [[Vida Blue]] pitched his final Major League game.
* [[1996]]: The [[Birmingham Regional EMS System]] handled its first interagency call.
* [[1972]]: [[John Scates]] was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
* [[1975]]: The [[1975 Alabama State Fair]] opened.
* [[1960]]: Official dedication of the [[Mortimer Jordan Hall|Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory]].
* [[1972]]: [[John Scates]] was sworn in as [[Mayor of Vestavia Hills]].
* [[1966]]: Henry Mancini performed at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]].
* [[1960]]: [[Mortimer Jordan Hall|Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory]] was dedicated.
* [[1959]]: [[St Theresa Catholic Church]] in [[Leeds]] was raised from a mission to a parish with Reverend [[Desmond Regan]] as resident pastor.
* [[1958]]: [[Edgemoor Estates]] neighborhood was approved by the [[Homewood Planning Commission]].
* [[1946]]: [[Carl Morton]] married [[Isabel Morton|Isabel Gibbons]].
* [[1944]]: The [[1944 Alabama State Fair]] opened.
* [[1939]]: The [[1939 Alabama State Fair]] opened.
* [[1939]]: The [[1939 Alabama State Fair]] opened.
* [[1894]]: The [[Birmingham Medical College]] held its first classes in the former [[Lunsford Hotel]].
* [[1894]]: The [[Birmingham Medical College]] held its first classes in the former [[Lunsford Hotel]].
* [[1862]]: [[Chambers McAdory]] was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Corinth.
* [[1862]]: [[Chambers McAdory]] was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Corinth.


==Births and deaths==
[[Image:Ed Ramage.jpg|right|thumb|Ed Ramage, born October 2, 1908]]
* [[2006]]: Actress and model [[Frances Bergen]] died in Los Angeles, California.
==Births==
* [[1964]]: [[UAB]] and MLB [[baseball player]] [[Hector Villanueva]] was born in Puerto Rico.
* [[1964]]: [[UAB]] and MLB [[baseball player]] [[Hector Villanueva]] was born in Puerto Rico.
* [[1956]]: Community activist [[Kamau Afrika]] was born.
* [[1956]]: Community activist [[Kamau Afrika]] was born.
* [[1955]]: AIDS researcher [[Michael Saag]] was born.
* [[1955]]: AIDS researcher [[Michael Saag]] was born.
* 1955: McDonald's franchise owner [[Larry Thornton]] was born in Montgomery.
* [[1927]]: Author [[Cecil Dawkins]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1927]]: Author [[Cecil Dawkins]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1917]]: Educator [[Ernest Palmore]] was born in Richland, Georgia.
* [[1917]]: Educator [[Ernest Palmore]] was born in Richland, Georgia.
* [[1908]]: [[1st Presbyterian Church]] pastor [[Ed Ramage]] was born in Weaverville, North Carolina.
* [[1908]]: [[1st Presbyterian Church]] pastor [[Ed Ramage]] was born in Weaverville, North Carolina.
* [[1875]]: Social activist [[Pattie Ruffner Jacobs]] was born in Malden, West Virginia.
* [[1781]]: Alabama's [[List of Governors of Alabama|first governor]] [[William Wyatt Bibb]] was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
* [[1781]]: Alabama's [[List of Governors of Alabama|first governor]] [[William Wyatt Bibb]] was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
==Deaths==
* [[2020]]: Insurance executive and collector [[Steve Williams]] died.
* [[2014]]: Television host [[Benny Carle]] died.
* [[2008]]: Physicist and [[Talladega College]] president [[Joseph Gayles Jr]] died.
* [[2006]]: Actress and model [[Frances Bergen]] died in Los Angeles, California.
* [[1994]]:  U.S. Attorney and former U.S. Representative [[Claude Harris]] died in Birmingham.
==Sports==
* [[2018]]: The Houston Rockets defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 131–115 in a [[List of NBA exhibition games at Legacy Arena|NBA exhibition game]] at [[Legacy Arena]].
* [[2008]]: [[2008 UAB Blazers football|UAB]] lost the [[Battle for the Bones]] to Memphis 33-30 at [[Legion Field]].
* [[1986]]: [[Vida Blue]] pitched his final Major League game.


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October 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Ed Ramage, born October 2, 1908

Births

Deaths

Sports

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