October 26: Difference between revisions

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October 26 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: The Dalai Lama gave a public address at Regions Field during a 4-day visit to Birmingham.
2007: Birmingham Police Chief Annetta Nunn announced that she would step down.
2005: Don Siegelman was indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, and extortion.
2005: Richard Scrushy was indicted on charges of bribery and mail fraud.
1967: The first issue of UAB's Kaleidoscope was published.
1934: Baseball player Satchel Paige married his longtime sweetheart Janet Howard.
1921: President Warren G. Harding visited Linn Park as part of the Semicentennial of Birmingham celebrations.
1907: The Oxmoor Furnaces were idled.

2011: Punter Greg Gantt died in Birmingham.
1950: Poet and writer Clement Wood died in Schenectady, New York.
1947: Filmmaker and Birmingham Pledge Foundation director Wade Black died.
1928: Governor Albert Brewer was born in Tennessee.
1921: BSC professor and Baileyton Mayor Paul Bailey was born.
1921: Peachtree City, Georgia mayor Frederick Brown, Jr was born.
1881: Birmingham-Southern College president Guy Snavely was born in Antietem, Maryland.

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 * [[2007]]: [[Birmingham Police Chief]] [[Annetta Nunn]] announced that she would step down.
 * [[2005]]: [[Don Siegelman]] was indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, and extortion.
 * 2005: [[Richard Scrushy]] was indicted on charges of bribery and mail fraud.
+* [[1967]]: The first issue of [[UAB]]'s ''[[Kaleidoscope]]'' was published.
 * [[1934]]: Baseball player [[Satchel Paige]] married his longtime sweetheart Janet Howard.
 * [[1921]]: [[1921 Presidential visit|President Warren G. Harding]] visited [[Linn Park]] as part of the [[Semicentennial of Birmingham]] celebrations.