October 23

October 23 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2015: The Nina Miglionico statue was dedicated at Linn Park.
• 2006: Fairfield police officer Mary Smith was killed in the line of duty.
• 1967: Roosevelt City was incorporated.
• 1949: Ground was broken for the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital.
• 1946: Vulcan's torch was dedicated and lit up in green.
• 1933: The Birmingham Symphony Association was incorporated.
• 1922: Employers Mutual Insurance of Alabama was incorporated at a meeting at the Tutwiler Hotel.
• 1915: Henry Edmonds resigned as pastor of the South Highland Presbyterian Church.
• 1895: Buffalo Bill's Wild West paraded through downtown Birmingham and put on shows at Smith's Park.
• 1888: Hospital of United Charity opened on Southside.

Larry Gipson, born October 23, 1942

Births

• 1991: NBA basketball player Eric Bledsoe was born in Birmingham.
• 1942: Catholic priest and former Cathedral Church of the Advent dean Larry Gipson was born.
• 1822: Methodist minister W. L. Wilson was born in Greenville, South Carolina.

Deaths

• 2014: Camilla, a bald eagle at the Birmingham Zoo, died.
• 2013: Former Birmingham Park and Recreation Board director Melvin Miller died.
• 2006: Fairfield police officer Mary Smith was killed in the line of duty.
• 1913: Architect John Sutcliffe died in Chicago, Illinois.

Sports

• 1920: The 9th International Balloon Race came to Birmingham.
• 1903: Alabama won the Iron Bowl 18-6 in Montgomery.