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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.

Walter Sharpe, born July 18, 1986

2013: Khan, a jaguar, was born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
1986: Parker High School and UAB basketball player Walter Sharpe was born in Huntsville.
1977: Football player Adalius Thomas was born in Equality.
1964: Attorney and former law enforcement officer Todd Henderson was born in Valley, Chambers County.
1956: Nurse and activist Emily Lyons was born.
1948: Birmingham City Schools administrator Tyrone Williams was born.
1859: Foundry owner George Anderson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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 [[Image:Walter Sharpe.jpg|right|thumb|Walter Sharpe, born July 18, 1986]]
 ==Births==
+* [[2013]]: [[Khan]], a jaguar, was born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
 * [[1986]]: [[Parker High School]] and [[UAB]] basketball player [[Walter Sharpe]] was born in Huntsville.
 * [[1977]]: Football player [[Adalius Thomas]] was born in [[Equality]].