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* [[2007]]: Ford dealer and ad spokesman [[Jim Skinner]] died.
* [[2007]]: Ford dealer and ad spokesman [[Jim Skinner]] died.
* [[2006]]: [[Restaurant G]] closed.
* [[2006]]: [[Restaurant G]] closed.
* 2006: The third annual [[Southern Heritage Festival]] began its two-day music festival on two stages at the [[Railroad Reservation Park]].
* 2006: The 3rd annual [[Southern Heritage Festival]] began on two stages at the [[Railroad Park]] site.
* [[2001]]: [[Books-A-Million]] opened at [[The Summit]].
* [[2001]]: [[Books-A-Million]] opened at [[The Summit]].
* [[1998]]: Nearly 168,000 residents voted in the [[MAPS]] referrendum.  The proposal, which would have raised sales and lodging taxes to fund a variety of projects including a domed stadium was defeated by a vote of 57 to 43 percent.
* [[1998]]: Nearly 168,000 residents voted in the [[MAPS]] referrendum.  * [[1986]]: The USFL suspended their scheduled fall season, which was to be the first in direct competition with the NFL.  This was effectively the end of the [[Birmingham Stallions]].
* [[1986]]: The USFL suspended their scheduled fall season, which was to be the first in direct competition with the NFL.  This was effectively the end of the [[Birmingham Stallions]].
* [[1931]]: The mysterious [[Wood/Williams murders]] occured in the woods of [[Shades Mountain]].   
* [[1931]]: The mysterious Wood/Williams murders occured in the woods of [[Shades Mountain]].  Sisters [[Nell Williams|Nell]] and [[Augusta Williams]] and their friend [[Jennie Wood]] were abducted along [[Leeds Highway]] following a Sunday matinee downtown.  They were robbed and held captive, then shot.  Nell survived the shooting, and accused [[Willie Peterson]] of the crimes.  Peterson, a black man, was convicted even though there was no other evidence against him.
* [[1911]]: Businessman and entrepreneur [[Elton B. Stephens]] was born.
* [[1911]]: Businessman and entrepreneur [[Elton B. Stephens]] was born.
* [[1889]]: [[Brother Bryan]] was installed as [[Third Presbyterian Church]]'s first permanent pastor.
* [[1889]]: [[Brother Bryan]] was installed as [[Third Presbyterian Church]]'s first permanent pastor.
* [[1887]]: [[Kelly Ingram]], the first American soildier to die in [[World War I]], was born in [[Pratt City]].
* [[1887]]: [[Kelly Ingram]], the first American soildier to die in [[World War I]], was born in [[Pratt City]].
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