October 1

October 1 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2012: Stanley Oliver retired as chief of the Alabaster Police Department.
• 2011: Mark Wilson succeeded Michael Fleenor as Jefferson County Health Officer.
• 2010: Valerie Gribben's The Fairytale Trilogy was published.
• 2009: UAB defeated Southern Miss 30-17 at Legion Field.
• 2006: Rebecca Moore was crowned Miss Alabama USA.
• 2006: The 2006–2010 Bessemer City Council took office.
• 1990: Willie James Ware joined the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
• 1984: Sara Wuska was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
• 1980: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service purchased 7 acres of property around Thomas Spring, establishing Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge.
• 1978: Bill Hay founded Covenant Presbyterian Church in Homewood.
• 1949: WAFM-TV began airing regular programming from the ABC and CBS television networks.
• 1946: Birmingham City Schools closed early to allow 65,000 schoolchildren to witness the Auto Dare-Devils during "Childrens Day" at the State Fair.
• 1923: The Birmingham Park and Recreation Board was organized.
• 1908: The original Avondale Library opened.
• 1904: Laura E. Burton was granted a license to practice medicine in Alabama.
• 1882: Estelle Samples of Bayview married Nimrod Scott.

Births and deaths

• 2007: Marine Jerome Murkerson died during combat in Iraq.
• 1979: Auburn and NFL player Rudi Johnson was born.
• 1908: Children's author Lee McGiffin was born in Delphi, Indiana.
• 1854: Writer Anne Newport Royall died in Washington D.C.