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'''October 28''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''October 28''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2006]]: Alabama A&M won 21-13 over Alabama State in the [[Magic City Classic]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[2017]]: The inaugural [[Southside Storyteller Festival]] was held at [[Five Points South]].
* [[2012]]: [[Taylor Hicks]]' [[Ore Drink and Dine]] restaurant closed.
* [[2003]]: The [[Birmingham Film Commission]] was re-established.
* [[2003]]: The [[Birmingham Film Commission]] was re-established.
* [[1999]]: The [[Pelham Prowlers]] won 8-6 against the Jacksonville Hammerheads.
* [[1995]]: The [[Viaduct Spook-a-delic]] was held on the newly re-opened [[24th Street Viaduct]].
* [[1995]]: The [[Viaduct Spook-a-delic]] was held on the newly re-opened [[24th Street Viaduct]].
* [[1986]]: [[List of Presidential visits|President Ronald Reagan]] visited the [[BJCC]] for a campaign rally for Senator Jeremiah A. Denton.
* [[1986]]: [[List of Presidential visits|President Ronald Reagan]] visited the [[BJCC]] for a campaign rally for Senator [[Jeremiah Denton]].
* [[1973]]: [[Irondale Public Library]] opened.
* [[1965]]: Birmingham's second [[Kmart]] opened at [[Roebuck Plaza]].
* [[1907]]: Voters in [[Jefferson County]] voted in favor of [[Prohibition|local prohibition]].
* [[1901]]: [[Ullman School]] opened.
* [[1900]]: 8-month-old Annie Cleveland was the first burial at [[Elmwood Cemetery]].
* [[1896]]: Train yardmaster [[John J. Connolly]] married the former Mary Elizabeth Hayden.
* [[1819]]: [[John Williams Walker]] and [[William Rufus King]] were elected by the state legislature as the first U.S. Senators from Alabama.
* 1819: [[Levi Reid]] took office as the first [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
 
==Births==
* [[1994]]: Expatriate former ISIS member [[Hoda Muthana]] was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
* [[1981]]: Soldier, athlete, and motivational speaker [[Noah Galloway]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1965]]: [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn football]] head coach [[Gus Malzahn]] was born.
* [[1946]]: Technician and political candidate [[Don Chamberlain]] was born in Selma.
* [[1935]]: Pitcher [[Bob Veale]] was born.
* [[1923]]: State senator [[Tom King]] was born in [[Adamsville]].
* [[1923]]: State senator [[Tom King]] was born in [[Adamsville]].
* [[1819]]: [[John Williams Walker]] was elected by an almost unanimous vote of the state legislature as the first United States senator from Alabama.
 
:*[[Levi Reid]] took office as the first [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
==Deaths==
* [[2013]]: Bluesman [[Adolphus Bell]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[2005]]: Ophthalmologist [[Alston Callahan]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[1970]]: Baseball player [[Wedo Martini]] died in Philadelphia.
* [[1948]]: [[Birmingham Barons]] shortstop [[Roy Ellam]] died in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
* [[1935]]: Miner [[Virgil Thomas]] was shot and killed by [[Alabama Fuel & Iron Co.]] guards at [[Acmar]].
 
==Sports==
* [[2006]]: Alabama A&M won 21-13 over Alabama State in the [[Magic City Classic]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[1999]]: The [[Pelham Prowlers]] won 8-6 against the Jacksonville Hammerheads.


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