October 24: Difference between revisions

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October 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: The Dalai Lama began a three-day visit to Birmingham.
2009: University of Alabama professors Stuart Rachels and Heather Elliott married.
2005: SouthTrust Bank was acquired by Wachovia.
1999: Pelham Prowlers 3 - Orlando Fury 1 at the Pelham Civic Complex.
1996: President Bill Clinton delivered a campaign speech at Birmingham-Southern College.
1961: Judge Harlan Grooms ruled that Birmingham's parks must be integrated.
1957: Leland Shopping Center in Alberta City opened as Tuscaloosa's first modern shopping center.
1950: Residents of Vestavia Hills voted 88 to 8 in favor of incorporating.
1944: The USS Birmingham lost 229 crewmen during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II.
1941: Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff performed the last of five recitals in Birmingham.
1921: Celebrations for the Semicentennial of Birmingham began at Woodrow Wilson Park.
1915: Henry Edmonds founded the Independent Presbyterian Church.
1905: President Theodore Roosevelt gave an address at Capitol Park after visiting Tuskegee Institute and Montgomery.
1900: Andrew Beard applied for his first "Automatic car-coupling" patent.

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 '''October 24''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2014]]: The [[Dalai Lama]] began a three-day visit to [[Birmingham]].
 * [[2009]]: [[University of Alabama]] professors [[Stuart Rachels]] and [[Heather Elliott]] married.
 * [[2005]]: [[SouthTrust Bank]] was acquired by Wachovia.