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* [[1980]]: [[Baseball player]] [[Ehren Wassermann]] was born in [[Sylacauga]]. | * [[1980]]: [[Baseball player]] [[Ehren Wassermann]] was born in [[Sylacauga]]. | ||
* 1980: LPGA golfer and [[Auburn Tigers]] women's golf coach [[Danielle Downey]] was born in Rochester, New York. | * 1980: LPGA golfer and [[Auburn Tigers]] women's golf coach [[Danielle Downey]] was born in Rochester, New York. | ||
* [[1975]]: Attorney and [[Miss Alabama]] 1998 [[Ashley Halfman]] was born in [[Birmingham]]. | |||
* [[1959]]: [[Lawrence Conaway]] was born. | * [[1959]]: [[Lawrence Conaway]] was born. | ||
* [[1949]]: Racially-motivated murder victim [[Virgil Ware]] was born. | * [[1949]]: Racially-motivated murder victim [[Virgil Ware]] was born. | ||
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December 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2013: Fresh Value Marketplace opened in Trussville.
- 2010: African elephant Bulwagi arrived at the Birmingham Zoo.
- 2008: Several area cities and towns held their annual Christmas parades.
- 2006: Shoal Creek Mine was idled and 465 workers were laid off.
- 2006: The Wachovia Bank branch (opened in 1969 as the BTNB Eastwood branch) outside Eastwood Mall was closed and later demolished.
- 1965: Television station WBMG 42 went on the air.
- 1951: Radio station WNPT-AM in Northport went on the air.
- 1882: Banker T. L. Hudgins married the former Lucy Pope, his second wife.
Births
- 1992: Laptop, a southern white rhinoceros, was born at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas.
- 1980: Baseball player Ehren Wassermann was born in Sylacauga.
- 1980: LPGA golfer and Auburn Tigers women's golf coach Danielle Downey was born in Rochester, New York.
- 1975: Attorney and Miss Alabama 1998 Ashley Halfman was born in Birmingham.
- 1959: Lawrence Conaway was born.
- 1949: Racially-motivated murder victim Virgil Ware was born.
- 1927: Formal wear stores founder J. O. Tant, Jr was born.
Deaths
- 2011: Artist Linda Kimbrough died.
- 1951: Hugo Black's first wife, Josephine, died after a long illness.
- 1910: Industrialist Henry F. DeBardeleben died.
Sports
- 1974: The Homewood City Council declared the day as Homewood Patriots Day in honor of Homewood High School's first football state championship.