October 26: Difference between revisions

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October 26 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: The Dalai Lama gave a public address at Regions Field during a 4-day visit to Birmingham.
2007: Birmingham Police Chief Annetta Nunn announced that she would step down.
2005: Don Siegelman was indicted on charges of racketeering, bribery, and extortion.
2005: Richard Scrushy was indicted on charges of bribery and mail fraud.
1967: The first issue of UAB's Kaleidoscope was published.
1934: Baseball player Satchel Paige married his longtime sweetheart Janet Howard.
1921: President Warren G. Harding visited Linn Park as part of the Semicentennial of Birmingham celebrations.
1907: The Oxmoor Furnaces were idled.

1928: Governor Albert Brewer was born in Tennessee.
1921: BSC professor and Baileyton Mayor Paul Bailey was born.
1921: Peachtree City, Georgia mayor Frederick Brown, Jr was born.
1881: Birmingham-Southern College president Guy Snavely was born in Antietem, Maryland.

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 * [[1907]]: The [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] were idled.
-==Births and deaths==
+==Births==
-* [[2011]]: Punter [[Greg Gantt]] died in [[Birmingham]].
-* [[1950]]: Poet and writer [[Clement Wood]] died in Schenectady, New York.
-* [[1947]]: Filmmaker and [[Birmingham Pledge Foundation]] director [[Wade Black]] died.
 * [[1928]]: [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] [[Albert Brewer]] was born in Tennessee.
 * [[1921]]: [[BSC]] professor and [[Baileyton]] Mayor [[Paul Bailey]] was born.
 * 1921: Peachtree City, Georgia mayor [[Frederick Brown, Jr]] was born.
 * [[1881]]: [[Birmingham-Southern College]] president [[Guy Snavely]] was born in Antietem, Maryland.
+==Deaths==
+* [[2011]]: Punter [[Greg Gantt]] died in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1950]]: Poet and writer [[Clement Wood]] died in Schenectady, New York.
+* [[1947]]: Filmmaker and [[Birmingham Pledge Foundation]] director [[Wade Black]] died.
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