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July 18 in the history of the Birmingham District:

The inaugural Sloss Music & Arts Festival kicked off at Sloss Furnaces.
2006: The Birmingham City Council approved an $875,000 two-year contract with Brantley Visioneering to serve as project manager for Phase I of the Railroad Reservation Park.
2006: Patricia Todd defeated Gaynell Hendricks for the Alabama House District 54 seat.
2005: Eric Robert Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham to two consecutive life terms without parole for the murder of a police officer in the 1998 bombing of an abortion clinic on Southside.
2005: The Princeton BMC Healing Garden opened.
1963: Parisian opened a second store at Five Points West Shopping City.
1960: Construction began on Logan Martin Dam.
1903: Governor William Jelks appointed Charles Ferguson to the City Court of Jefferson County.
1878: The Pratt Coal and Coke Company was incorporated.
1867: The Brierfield Ironworks' furnace blew out.

1986: Parker High School and UAB basketball player Walter Sharpe was born in Huntsville.
1977: Football player Adalius Thomas was born in Equality.
1956: Nurse and activist Emily Lyons was born.
1859: Foundry owner George Anderson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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 '''July 18''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
-* [[2006]]: [[Red Mountain Theatre Company|Summerfest]]'s production of Oliver! opened at the [[Virginia Samford Theatre]]
+* The inaugural [[Sloss Music & Arts Festival]] kicked off at [[Sloss Furnaces]].
-* 2006: The [[Birmingham City Council]] approved an $875,000 two-year contract with [[Brantley Visioneering]] to serve as project manager for Phase I of the [[Railroad Park|Railroad Reservation Park]].
+* [[2006]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] approved an $875,000 two-year contract with [[Brantley Visioneering]] to serve as project manager for Phase I of the [[Railroad Park|Railroad Reservation Park]].
 * 2006: [[Patricia Todd]] defeated [[Gaynell Hendricks]] for the [[Alabama House District 54]] seat.
 * [[2005]]: [[Eric Robert Rudolph]] was sentenced in [[Birmingham ]] to two consecutive life terms without parole for the murder of a police officer in the [[1998]] [[1998 abortion clinic bombing|bombing]] of an abortion clinic on [[Southside]].