March 1: Difference between revisions

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March 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Mark Crosswhite succeeded Charles McCrary as CEO of Alabama Power.
2013: Octane coffee opened in Homewood.
2008: The 27th annual Mulberry Races were held near Garden City.
2008: Hispanic real estate firm Casa Latino held a grand opening in Pelham.
2006: Rob Henrikson was appointed CEO of MetLife, Inc.
2005: Mac Underwood was promoted to General Manager of the Birmingham Water Works.
1997: The Essex House was imploded.
1996: The City of Chelsea was incorporated.
1987: The Homewood Public Library opened in it new location in the former Homewood Chuch of Christ building.
1984: Oil company executive J. Bryan Whitworth married former Miss America Donna Axum.
1976: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3 opened.
1960: Ted Tibbs became the organist at Southside Baptist Church.
1959: The USS Birmingham (CL-62) was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1932: Architect Wallace Rayfield married Bessie Fulwood Rogers.
1900: A predecessor of the No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line began operating between Birmingham and Owenton (Birmingham-Southern College).
1874: Free School, Birmingham's first public school, opened.
1821: The Presbytery of Alabama was formed at Cahawba with 147 communicants in the state.

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 * [[1982]]: Civic booster [[Temple Tutwiler II]] died.
 * [[1962]]: Football coach [[Jim McElwain]] was born in Missoula, Montana.
-* [[1953]]: Attorney [[Luther Strange]] was born.
+* [[1953]]: [[Alabama Attorney General]] [[Luther Strange]] was born.
 * [[1920]]: U. S. Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] died.
 * [[1867]]: [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[George Ward]] was born in Atlanta, Georgia.