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'''February 1''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''February 1''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2018]]: [[Amtrak]] began service at the [[Birmingham Intermodal Facility]].
* [[2012]]: [[Ted vonCannon]] succeeded [[Carma Jude]] as director of the [[Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority]].
* [[2011]]: [[EWTN]] acquired the ''[[National Catholic Register]]'' newspaper.
* [[2010]]: [[Hamburger Heaven]]'s [[Tarrant]] location opened.
* [[2009]]: [[Tom Bradley]] retired as [[Hoover]]'s [[Hoover Fire Department|fire chief]].
* [[2007]]: [[Edna Snow]] retired from the [[Homewood City Schools|Homewood school system]].
* [[2007]]: [[Edna Snow]] retired from the [[Homewood City Schools|Homewood school system]].
* [[1998]]: [[Jodi Newton]] became superintendent of [[Homewood City Schools]].
* [[1998]]: [[Jodi Newton]] became superintendent of [[Homewood City Schools]].
* [[1976]]: [[Neal Berte]] was sworn in as president of [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[1970]]: [[Archie Wade]] joined the faculty of the [[University of Alabama]]'s [[University of Alabama Department of Kinesiology|Department of Physical Education]].
* [[1948]]: [[Burchfiel Chimes]] were dedicated at [[East Lake United Methodist Church]].
* 1948: [[Edgar Arendall]] preached his first sermon at [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]].
* [[1935]]: [[Paul Cole]] retired from the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[1888]]: [[Buffalo Rock]] founder [[Sid Lee]] moved to [[Birmingham]].
* [[1856]]: The [[Auburn University|East Alabama Male College]] was chartered in [[Auburn]].
[[Image:Nancy Crews.jpg|right|thumb|Nancy Crews, born February 1, 1920]]
==Births==
* [[1969]]: [[10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama|Jefferson County Circuit Court]] judge [[Anne Durward]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1947]]: Sculptor and hotelkeeper [[Ira Chaffin]] was born in Escondido, California.
* [[1943]]: Photographer [[Edouard Bruchac]] was born.
* [[1941]]: Restaurateur [[Giuseppe Bertolone|Giuseppe "Papa Joe" Bertolone]] was born in Mussomeli, Sicily.
* [[1924]]: Pulmonologist [[Ben Branscomb]] was born in New York City.
* [[1920]]: [[World War II]] aviator [[Nancy Crews]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1911]]: Radio actress [[Helen Walpole]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
==Deaths==
* [[2018]]: Former [[Temptations]] singer [[Dennis Edwards]] died.
* [[2017]]: Artist and [[Space One Eleven]] director [[Anne Arrasmith]] died.
* [[2014]]: Former [[Southeastern Bible College]] president [[James Kallam]] died.
* [[2013]]: [[Marty's PM|Marty's]] bar owner [[Marty Eagle]] died.
* [[1997]]: Football player [[Bo Russell]] died.
* [[1997]]: Football player [[Bo Russell]] died.
* [[1976]]: [[Neal Berte]] was sworn in as president of [[Birmingham-Southern College]].
* [[1991]]: [[List of University of Alabama presidents|University of Alabama president]] [[Frank Rose]] died at Georgetown Hospital in Washington D.C.
* [[1956]]: African American [[Autherine Lucy]] enrolled at the [[University of Alabama]].  
* [[1948]]: [[Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System]] president [[John W. Black III]] died in a single-car collision.
* [[1916]]: Radio actress [[Helen Walpole]] was born in [[Birmingham]]
* [[1925]]: Cinema owner [[Marvin Wise]] died of pneumonia.
* [[1909]]: Attorney and former [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen|Alderman]] [[Robert Kerr]] died at home.
 
==Sports==
* [[1913]]: A soccer match between "All-Star" teams from Atlanta, Georgia and the [[Birmingham District]] was held at [[Rickwood Field]]. Birmingham won 4-0.


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February 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Nancy Crews, born February 1, 1920

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