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* [[1950]]: Residents of [[Vestavia Hills]] voted 88 to 8 in favor of incorporating. | * [[1950]]: Residents of [[Vestavia Hills]] voted 88 to 8 in favor of incorporating. | ||
* [[1944]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)|USS Birmingham]]'' lost 229 crewmen during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in [[World War II]]. | * [[1944]]: The ''[[USS Birmingham (CL-62)|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 [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]]. | * [[1921]]: Celebrations for the [[Semicentennial of Birmingham]] began at [[Linn Park|Woodrow Wilson Park]]. | ||
* [[1915]]: [[Henry Edmonds]] founded the [[Independent Presbyterian Church]]. | * [[1915]]: [[Henry Edmonds]] founded the [[Independent Presbyterian Church]]. |
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October 24 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 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.
Births and deaths
- 2013: Newspaper photographer Tommy Langston died.
- 2013: Pediatrician and state legislator Dewey White died in Mountain Brook.
- 2012: Planner Robert Juster died in Auburn.
- 1963: Painter Joe DeCamillis was born.
- 1924: Billy Pappas was born in Zakynthos, Greece.