December 24: Difference between revisions

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December 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: MountainTop Community Church founder and pastor Bill Elder suffered a stroke.
2006: Reg's Coffee House returned to the air with a 2-hour Christmas special on WYSF-FM.
1988: Alabama beat Army 29-28 in the Sun Bowl.
1983: Alabama beat Southern Methodist 28-7 in the Sun Bowl.
1950: The first liturgy at St Elias Maronite Church's new church was celebrated.
1894: A second blow-out at Brierfield Ironworks left the furnace forever idled.
1890: Water from the Cahaba River flowed through the Birmingham Water Works Tunnel into downtown Birmingham for the first time.

2004: Birmingham Zoo animals Kwanza, a male African lion, and Oliver, a male Sumatran orangutan, were both born in Waco, Texas.
2000: John Rice, Jr, former pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, died in Palo Alto, California.
1989: Buster, a male cheetah at the Birmingham Zoo, was born in Powell, Ohio.
1952: Dave Morrison, owner of Dave's Pizza, was born.
1935: Cecil Whitmire, manager and house organist of the Alabama Theatre, was born.
1923: David F. Friedman, film producer, was born in Birmingham.

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 * [[1983]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] beat Southern Methodist 28-7 in the Sun Bowl.
 * [[1950]]: The first liturgy at [[St Elias Maronite Church]]'s new church was celebrated.
+* [[1894]]: A second blow-out at [[Brierfield Ironworks]] left the furnace forever idled.
 * [[1890]]: Water from the [[Cahaba River]] flowed through the [[Birmingham Water Works Tunnel]] into [[downtown Birmingham]] for the first time.