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'''August 25''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''August 25''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2009]]: [[2009 Birmingham City Council election]]
* [[2020]]: [[2020 Jefferson County municipal elections]] were held.
* [[2009]]: The [[2009 Birmingham City Council election]] was held.
* 2009: [[Walt Maddox]] was reelected to second term as [[Mayor of Tuscaloosa]].
* [[2006]]: The second annual [[Stokin' the Fire BBQ Festival]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
* [[2006]]: The second annual [[Stokin' the Fire BBQ Festival]] began at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
* [[2001]]: A new playground at [[Triangle Park]] in [[Forest Park]] was dedicated.
* [[2001]]: A new playground at [[Triangle Park]] in [[Forest Park]] was dedicated.
* 2001: Tryouts for the [[Alabama Slammers]] women's football team were held at [[McLendon Park]].
* [[1997]]: A [[List of interstate accidents involving dropped steel loads|dropped steel coil]] punched 11 holes in [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] near [[24th Street North]].
* [[1997]]: A [[List of interstate accidents involving dropped steel loads|dropped steel coil]] punched 11 holes in [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] near [[24th Street North]].
* [[1979]]: San Antonio Charros 17 - [[Alabama Slammers]] 10 at [[Legion Field]].
* [[1979]]: Archbishop [[Joseph Marino]] was ordained at [[Cathedral of St Paul]].
* 1979: Archbishop [[Joseph Marino]] was ordained at [[Cathedral of St Paul]].
* [[1969]]: The first fourteen members of the [[Alabama Academy of Honor]] were inducted.
* [[1963]]: The [[Cahaba River Group]] split off from the [[Eastview 13 Klavern]] of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* [[1963]]: The [[Cahaba River Group]] split off from the [[Eastview 13 Klavern]] of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* [[1960]]: [[Eastwood Mall]], The South's first indoor shopping mall, opened its doors with Governor [[John Patterson]] and Mayor [[Jimmy Morgan]] presiding.
* [[1960]]: [[Eastwood Mall]] opened.
* 1960: Actress [[Ashley Crow]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 
 
[[Image:Akili.jpg|right|thumb|Akili, born August 25, 2005]]
==Births==
* [[2005]]: [[Akili]], a female African lion, was born.
* [[1979]]: Siberian tiger [[Daisy]] was born at the [[Birmingham Zoo]].
* [[1968]]: Architect and blogger [[Jeremy Erdreich]] was born.
* [[1960]]: Actress [[Ashley Crow]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1953]]: [[Birmingham-Southern College]] English professor [[David Ullrich]] was born in Chicago, Illinois.
* [[1952]]: Musician and producer [[Peter Wolf]] was born in Austria.
* [[1952]]: Musician and producer [[Peter Wolf]] was born in Austria.
* 1952: [[Fairfield Police Department]] officer [[Gary Lavender]] was born.
* [[1948]]: [[TEARS]] founded [[Terra Cotromano]] was born.
* [[1946]]: Author [[Charles Ghigna]] was born in New York.
* [[1946]]: Author [[Charles Ghigna]] was born in New York.
* [[1939]]: Film director [[John Badham]] was born in England.
* [[1939]]: Film director [[John Badham]] was born in England.
* [[1937]]: Music minister [[Aubrey Edwards]] was born.
* [[1932]]: Biologist [[Dan Holliman]] was born in Jefferson County.
* [[1932]]: Biologist [[Dan Holliman]] was born in Jefferson County.
* [[1928]]: Businessman [[James Bowron]] died.
* [[1919]]: Alabama Governor [[George Wallace]] was born in Clio.
* [[1919]]: Alabama Governor [[George Wallace]] was born in Clio.
* [[1885]]: Artist and interior designer [[Harry Hawkins]] was born in New Harmony, Indiana.
* [[1855]]: Alabama Governor [[Russell Cunningham]] was born in Lawrence County.
* [[1818]]: Farmer, merchant and entrepreneur [[John Westbrook]] was born in North Carolina.
* [[1818]]: Farmer, merchant and entrepreneur [[John Westbrook]] was born in North Carolina.
==Marriages==
* [[1962]]: Army Captain Colin Powell married speech pathologist [[Alma Powell|Alma Johnson]] at [[First Congregational Christian Church]].
* [[1886]]: [[Edouard Sidel]] married Jeanne Legras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
==Deaths==
* [[2020]]: Blues DJ [[Curtis Bell]] died.
* [[1928]]: Businessman [[James Bowron]] died.
==Sports==
* [[2001]]: Tryouts for the [[Alabama Slammers]] women's football team were held at [[McLendon Park]].
* [[1979]]: San Antonio Charros 17 - [[Alabama Slammers]] 10 at [[Legion Field]].


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Akili, born August 25, 2005

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