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'''February 4''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''February 4''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2010]]: Attorney and civic leader [[Alexander Shelton Lacy]] died.
* [[2013]]: A [[BJCTA]] "[[DART]]" trolley, fueled by compressed natural gas, caught fire downtown.
* [[2009]]: Former [[Samford University]] president [[Thomas Corts]] died.
* [[2008]]: Former [[Birmingham A's]] manager [[Glynn West]] died.
* [[2004]]: [[Paul Zahl]] outlined a theological opposition to homosexuality in a speech to the Episcopal Church Foundation Fellows in Birmingham.
* [[2004]]: [[Paul Zahl]] outlined a theological opposition to homosexuality in a speech to the Episcopal Church Foundation Fellows in Birmingham.
* [[2001]]: [[Church of the Highlands]] was founded.
* [[2001]]: [[Church of the Highlands]] was founded.
* [[1994]]: [[ConTinuity|ConTinuity 1994]] began at the [[Birmingham Inn]].
* [[1994]]: [[ConTinuity|ConTinuity 1994]] began at the [[Birmingham Inn]].
* [[1990]]: [[The Church at Brook Hills]] was established.
* [[1890]]: "Running Deer", an Indian in [[Stowe's Wild West Show]], broke away from the parade to chase two boys who threw rocks at him, and was charged with "reckless driving."
* [[1861]]: The Confederate States of America was created in the Provisional Confederate Congress, [[William Chilton]] of Alabama, namesake of [[Chilton County]], presiding.
* [[1822]]: [[Matthew Duffee]] and his family arrived at Charleston, South Carolina after emigrating from Ireland.
[[Image:Barry Beckett.jpg|right|thumb|Barry Beckett, born February 4, 1943]]
==Sports==
* [[2024]]: The inaugural [[Railway Marathon]] was held.
==Births==
* [[1947]]: Filmmaker and archivist [[Wallace Potts]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1943]]: Pianist and music producer [[Barry Beckett]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1922]]: Developer and contractor [[James C. Lewis]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1917]]: [[Nation of Islam]] minister [[Chester McNutt]] was born.
* [[1757]]: Revolutionary War veteran [[William Pullen]] was born in Bedford County, Virginia.
==Deaths==
* [[2021]]: [[UAB Blazers football team|UAB Blazers]] and NFL football player [[Josh Evans]] died of cancer.
* [[2010]]: Attorney and civic leader [[Alexander Lacy]] died.
* [[2009]]: Former [[Samford University]] president [[Thomas Corts]] died.
* [[2008]]: Former [[Birmingham A's]] manager [[Glynn West]] died.
* [[1975]]: Archer [[Howard Hill]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1975]]: Archer [[Howard Hill]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1943]]: Pianist and music producer [[Barry Beckett]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1944]]: Attorney and judge [[Virginia Mayfield]] died in Washington D.C.
* [[1861]]: The Confederate States of America was created in the Provisional Confederate Congress, William P. Chilton, Sr of Alabama, namesake of [[Chilton County]], presiding.
* [[1913]]: Mine engineer [[Llewellyn Johns]] died at home in [[Birmingham]].


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February 4 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Barry Beckett, born February 4, 1943

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Births

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