February 3: Difference between revisions

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February 3 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2011: The Hood-McPherson building was sold at auction.
2009: APT aired the final For the Record public affairs program.
2006: Rehobeth Baptist, Pleasant Sabine Baptist, Ashby Baptist and two other rural churches were destroyed by fires set by 3 Birmingham college students.
1995: Skyquest 5 passed over Birmingham on the way from Chanute, Kansas to Savannah, claiming several distance records for the AX-6 size balloon.
1994: Simon Speights pleaded guilty to felony burglary in Birmingham.
1971: Students briefly took over the auditorium and principal's office at Phillips High School to demand more student assemblies and fewer hall marshals.
1956: Autherine Lucy became the first black student to enroll at the University of Alabama.
1945: The B17 "Birmingham Jewel" was shot down during a bombing mission to Berlin.
1912: William H. Sims gave his address, "Why Not Woman's Suffrage in Alabama?" to the Quid pro Quo Club.
1897: A committee from the Methodist North Alabama College decided to establish its new North Alabama Conference College in Birmingham.
1866: The Canebrake Company purchased the remains of the Brierfield Ironworks from the Freedman's Bureau for $45,000.
1852: The Wills Valley Railroad from DeKalb County to Georgia was chartered.

1943: Singer Dennis Edwards was born in Birmingham.
1943: Dermatologist and Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley was born in Columbiana.
1935: Radio host and Rossi's owner John Ed Willoughby was born in Birmingham.
1930: The third Bishop of Birmingham David Foley was born.
1926: Writer and educator Richard Yates was born in New York.
1917: Publisher, radio executive and entrepreneur Pat Courington, Sr was born in Saragossa.
1818: Sheriff William C. Eubank was the third white settler born in Jefferson County.

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 * [[1995]]: [[List of ballooning events|Skyquest 5]] passed over Birmingham on the way from Chanute, Kansas to Savannah, claiming several distance records for the AX-6 size balloon.
 * [[1994]]: [[Simon Speights]] pleaded guilty to felony burglary in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1971]]: Students briefly took over the auditorium and principal's office at [[Phillips High School]] to demand more student assemblies and fewer hall marshals.
 * [[1956]]: [[Autherine Lucy]] became the first black student to enroll at the [[University of Alabama]].
 * [[1945]]: The B17 "[[Birmingham Jewel]]" was shot down during a bombing mission to Berlin.