October 5: Difference between revisions

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October 5 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Police dispatcher and zoo train conductor Claude Gray died.
2008: Tony Stewart won the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
2006: Actor Hal Lynch died.
2004: Wes McDonald released his album The Guest on Skybucket Records.
2003: Miles College defeats Stillman College in the Steel City Classic 35-21.
2002: Miles College defeats Stillman College in the Steel City Classic 35-20.
1992: Jim Atkinson succeeded Robert Waldrop as mayor of Homewood.
1992: Singer Eddie Kendricks died.
1929: Autherine Lucy was born in Shiloh, Marengo County.
1927: Hawkins Spring in Midfield suddenly went dry, forcing Bessemer to find another source of municipal water.
1914: 17 miners died in the 1914 Mulga Mine explosion.
1884: Industrialist Benjamin Roden, Jr was born in Birmingham.
1868: The combination of the Wills Valley and Northeast & Southwest Railroads were approved by the legislature, forming the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad.
1822: John McWhorter succeeded Levi Reid as Jefferson County Sheriff.

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 * [[1884]]: Industrialist [[Benjamin Roden, Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1868]]: The combination of the Wills Valley and Northeast & Southwest Railroads were approved by the legislature, forming the [[Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad]].
-* [[1823]]: [[John McWhorter]] succeeded [[Levi Reid]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
+* [[1822]]: [[John McWhorter]] succeeded [[Levi Reid]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
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