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<!--{| | <!--{| style="width: 80%; border:2px solid red; padding:5px; z-index: 1; background:white; text-align:center;" | '''''Happy Independence Day!'''<br><small>Check out [[Thunder on the Mountain]], [[American Village]], the [[2007 Birmingham Barons|Birmingham Barons]], [[:Category:Barbecue restaurants|barbecue]], [[List of ice cream shops|ice cream]],<br> the [[Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington|George Washington museum]] and [[Star]], [[Spangle]] and [[Banner]]''</small> | ||
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<!--{| style="width: 80%; border:2px solid black; padding:5px; z-index: 1; background:white; text-align:center;" |'' '''Martin Luther King, Jr Day'''<br><small>Have a look at [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]], [[Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights]], [[Birmingham Manifesto]], [[Birmingham Campaign]], [[16th Street Baptist Church]], [[Bull Connor]], [[Police dogs and firehoses]], [[Kelly Ingram Park]] and the [[Civil Rights District]] ''</small> | |||
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|'' '''Happy Hallowe'en!'''<br><small>Check out [[:Category:Haunted attractions|Haunted attractions]], [[:Category:Ghosts|Ghosts]], [[:Category:Haunts|Haunted places]], and [[:Category:October events|October events]]''</small> | |||
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* [[July 20]]: Attorney [[Joel Gilbert]] and [[Drummond Company|Drummond Co.]] executive [[David Roberson]] were convicted in federal court of bribery and conspiracy. | * [[July 20]]: Attorney [[Joel Gilbert]] and [[Drummond Company|Drummond Co.]] executive [[David Roberson]] were convicted in federal court of bribery and conspiracy. |
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Happy Hallowe'en! Check out Haunted attractions, Ghosts, Haunted places, and October events |
- July 20: Attorney Joel Gilbert and Drummond Co. executive David Roberson were convicted in federal court of bribery and conspiracy.
- July 9: Hippodrome Barber Shop owner Vincent Oliver died.
- June 28-July 1: The 2018 NOBEL Women Annual Legislative Conference was held at the Sheraton Birmingham and Westin Birmingham.
- June 9: Callie Walker was crowned Miss Alabama.
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- ...that during local prohibition in Bessemer a cluster of saloons opened in unincorporated "Whiskeytown" just east of the city limits?
- ...that the Nation of Islam was driven out of St Clair County in 1970?
- ...that Cinema City 8 was the largest multiplex in the nation when it opened in 1978?
- ...that cartoonist Howard Cruse and author Dennis Covington are cousins?
- ...that the Native American settlement of Mad Town on the Cahaba River marked a junction of major trade paths?
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