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'''October 26''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]: | '''October 26''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]: | ||
* [[2005]]: [[ | * [[2016]]: The [[Jefferson County Sheriff's Office]] opened the [[Metro Area Crime Center]]. | ||
: | * [[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]]: Indictments in the [[Siegelman Scrushy corruption case]] were unsealed. | |||
* [[1967]]: The first issue of [[UAB]]'s ''[[Kaleidoscope]]'' was published. | |||
* [[1934]]: Baseball player [[Satchel Paige]] married his longtime sweetheart Janet Howard. | * [[1934]]: Baseball player [[Satchel Paige]] married his longtime sweetheart Janet Howard. | ||
* [[1921]]: [[ | * [[1921]]: [[1921 Presidential visit|President Warren Harding]] visited [[Linn Park]] as part of the [[Semicentennial of Birmingham]] celebrations. | ||
* [[1907]]: The [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] were idled. | |||
* [[1843]]: [[Robert W. Huffman]] married [[Sarah Huffman|Sarah Noland]] in [[Gadsden]]. | |||
[[Image:Guy Snavely.jpg|right|thumb|Guy Snavely, born October 26, 1881]] | |||
==Births== | |||
* [[1964]]: Attorney General [[Steve Marshall]] was born in Atmore, Escambia County. | |||
* [[1928]]: [[List of Governors of Alabama|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 Antietam, Maryland. | |||
==Deaths== | |||
* [[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. | |||
* [[1914]]: Former [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[Thomas Jeffers]] died in Macon, Georgia. | |||
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October 26 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2016: The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office opened the Metro Area Crime Center.
- 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: Indictments in the Siegelman Scrushy corruption case were unsealed.
- 1967: The first issue of UAB's Kaleidoscope was published.
- 1934: Baseball player Satchel Paige married his longtime sweetheart Janet Howard.
- 1921: President Warren Harding visited Linn Park as part of the Semicentennial of Birmingham celebrations.
- 1907: The Oxmoor Furnaces were idled.
- 1843: Robert W. Huffman married Sarah Noland in Gadsden.
Births
- 1964: Attorney General Steve Marshall was born in Atmore, Escambia County.
- 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 Antietam, Maryland.
Deaths
- 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.
- 1914: Former Mayor of Birmingham Thomas Jeffers died in Macon, Georgia.