October 13

October 13 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2017: U.S. Steel demolished the blast furnace at Fairfield Works.
• 2016: Western Supermarkets held a ribbon cutting to open their new location in Lane Parke.
• 2015: The Zyp bikeshare program was launched with a parade of more than 200 electric-assist bicycles from Regions Field to Birmingham City Hall.
• 2008: The Trussville Civic Center celebrated its official ribbon-cutting.
• 2006: Wes Chapman's Dracula was revived by the Alabama Ballet.
• 2005: The 2005 NOMA convention was held at the Sheraton Birmingham.
• 1971: Architects Felton Collier and Caroll Harmon presented their Master Plan for the Birmingham Zoo.
• 1953: The City of Adamsville was re-incorporated.
• 1941: Cooper Green was re-elected President of the Birmingham City Commission.
• 1946: Eight people were injured when ethylene gas used to ripen bananas exploded at the Birmingham Farmers Market on 1st Avenue North.
• 1909: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East paraded through downtown Birmingham and put on shows at Smith's Park.
• 1909: Herbert Tutwiler married Mary Eastbourne Addison.
• 1843: W. L. Wilson married Elizabeth Blackburn in Viola, Blount County.

Edward M. Tutwiler, born October 13, 1846

Births

• 1969: State senator Scott Beason was born in Hartselle.
• 1926: Librarian and author Robert Bell was born in Tarrant City.
• 1925: Birmingham Post-Herald entertainment editor Emmett Weaver was born in Anniston.
• 1920: Insurance executive and Mountain Brook mayor Lee McGriff was born in Birmingham.
• 1920: Abstract painter Elaine Hamilton was born in Paradise, Maryland.
• 1914: Bishop Joseph Durick was born in Dayton, Tennessee.
• 1913: ACIPCO president Kenneth Daniel was born.
• 1846: Edward M. Tutwiler was born at Palmyra in Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Deaths

• 2005: Vivian Malone, the first black graduate of the University of Alabama, died in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 2005: Insurance excutive and Samford University trustee Andrew Hodges died in Birmingham.
• 2004: Musician and songwriter Matt Kimbrell died in Bluff Park.
• 1936: Lumber dealer Frank Lathrop died in Birmingham.
• 1890: Real estate investor John Boddie died in Castilian Springs, Tennessee.

Sports

• 2007: BSC Panthers lost 43-17 to Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
• 2007: Samford lost at UT Martin 21-31.
• 2007: UAB Blazers won their homecoming game 26-21 over Tulane at Legion Field.
• 2004: The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Atlanta Hawks 99–96 in a NBA exhibition game at the BJCC Coliseum.
• 1995: The Birmingham Barracudas defeated the Shreveport Pirates 29-28 at Shreveport Independence Stadium.