October 2: Difference between revisions

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October 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2008: UAB lost the Battle for the Bones to Memphis 33-30 at Legion Field.
2007: Robert Baker was installed as the Bishop of Birmingham.
2006: Actress and model Frances Bergen died in Los Angeles, California.
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.
1986: Vida Blue pitched his final Major League game.
1972: John Scates was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
1964: UAB and MLB baseball player Hector Villanueva was born in Puerto Rico.
1960: Official dedication of the Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory.
1956: Community activist Kamau Afrika was born.
1955: AIDS research Michael Saag was born.
1939: The 1939 Alabama State Fair opened.
1917: Educator Ernest Palmore was born in Richland, Georgia.
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.
1781: Alabama's first governor William Wyatt Bibb was born.

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 * [[1972]]: [[John Scates]] was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
 * [[1964]]: [[UAB]] and MLB [[baseball player]] [[Hector Villanueva]] was born in Puerto Rico.
+* [[1960]]: Official dedication of the [[Mortimer Jordan Hall|Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory]].
 * [[1956]]: Community activist [[Kamau Afrika]] was born.
 * [[1955]]: AIDS research [[Michael Saag]] was born.