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* [[2009]]: [[University of Alabama]] professors [[Stuart Rachels]] and [[Heather Elliott]] married. | * [[2009]]: [[University of Alabama]] professors [[Stuart Rachels]] and [[Heather Elliott]] married. | ||
* [[2005]]: [[SouthTrust Bank]] was acquired by Wachovia. | * [[2005]]: [[SouthTrust Bank]] was acquired by Wachovia. | ||
* [[1996]]: President Bill Clinton delivered a campaign speech at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]. | * [[1996]]: President Bill Clinton delivered a campaign speech at [[Birmingham-Southern College]]. | ||
* [[1961]]: Judge [[Harlan Grooms]] ruled that Birmingham's [[List of Birmingham parks|parks]] must be integrated. | * [[1961]]: Judge [[Harlan Grooms]] ruled that Birmingham's [[List of Birmingham parks|parks]] must be integrated. | ||
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* [[1900]]: [[Andrew Beard]] applied for his first "Automatic car-coupling" patent. | * [[1900]]: [[Andrew Beard]] applied for his first "Automatic car-coupling" patent. | ||
==Births | ==Births== | ||
* [[1963]]: Painter [[Joe DeCamillis]] was born. | |||
* [[1924]]: [[Billy Pappas]] was born in Zakynthos, Greece. | |||
==Deaths== | |||
* [[2014]]: Concert pianist and [[Miss Alabama]] 1961 [[Delores Hodgens Howard]] died in Birmingham. | |||
* [[2013]]: Newspaper photographer [[Tommy Langston]] died. | * [[2013]]: Newspaper photographer [[Tommy Langston]] died. | ||
* 2013: Pediatrician and state legislator [[Dewey White]] died in [[Mountain Brook]]. | * 2013: Pediatrician and state legislator [[Dewey White]] died in [[Mountain Brook]]. | ||
* [[2012]]: Planner [[Robert Juster]] died in [[Auburn]]. | * [[2012]]: Planner [[Robert Juster]] died in [[Auburn]]. | ||
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==Sports== | |||
* [[1999]]: [[Pelham Prowlers]] 3 - Orlando Fury 1 at the [[Pelham Civic Complex]]. | |||
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October 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2014: The Dalai Lama began a four-day visit to Birmingham.
- 2014: Carbon Hill mayor James Richardson resigned following criminal charges of sexual abuse of city jail inmates.
- 2009: University of Alabama professors Stuart Rachels and Heather Elliott married.
- 2005: SouthTrust Bank was acquired by Wachovia.
- 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.
Births
- 1963: Painter Joe DeCamillis was born.
- 1924: Billy Pappas was born in Zakynthos, Greece.
Deaths
- 2014: Concert pianist and Miss Alabama 1961 Delores Hodgens Howard died in Birmingham.
- 2013: Newspaper photographer Tommy Langston died.
- 2013: Pediatrician and state legislator Dewey White died in Mountain Brook.
- 2012: Planner Robert Juster died in Auburn.
Sports
- 1999: Pelham Prowlers 3 - Orlando Fury 1 at the Pelham Civic Complex.