October 2: Difference between revisions

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October 2 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2008: UAB lost the Battle for the Bones to Memphis 33-30 at Legion Field.
2007: Robert Baker was installed as the Bishop of Birmingham.
2000: Scotty McCallum was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
1997: 4 Little Girls had its last showing of a two week run at the Carver Theatre.
1986: Vida Blue pitched his final Major League game.
1972: John Scates was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
1960: Official dedication of the Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory.
1944: The 1944 Alabama State Fair opened.
1939: The 1939 Alabama State Fair opened.
1894: The Birmingham Medical College held its first classes in the former Lunsford Hotel.
1862: Chambers McAdory was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Corinth.

2006: Actress and model Frances Bergen died in Los Angeles, California.
1964: UAB and MLB baseball player Hector Villanueva was born in Puerto Rico.
1956: Community activist Kamau Afrika was born.
1955: AIDS researcher Michael Saag was born.
1927: Author Cecil Dawkins was born in Birmingham.
1917: Educator Ernest Palmore was born in Richland, Georgia.
1908: 1st Presbyterian Church pastor Ed Ramage was born in Weaverville, North Carolina.
1781: Alabama's first governor William Wyatt Bibb was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

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 * [[1972]]: [[John Scates]] was sworn in as Mayor of Vestavia Hills.
 * [[1960]]: Official dedication of the [[Mortimer Jordan Hall|Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory]].
+* [[1944]]: The [[1944 Alabama State Fair]] opened.
 * [[1939]]: The [[1939 Alabama State Fair]] opened.
 * [[1894]]: The [[Birmingham Medical College]] held its first classes in the former [[Lunsford Hotel]].