September 20: Difference between revisions

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September 20 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: The Watsons Go to Birmingham began showing on the Hallmark Channel.
2011: William Bell was sworn in for another 2-year term as Mayor of Birmingham.
2008: The inaugural Leeds Downtown Folk Festival was held in Leeds.
2007: The first John Henry Days festival was held in Leeds.
1974: Clara Verner Towers in Tuscaloosa was topped-out.
1964: The cornerstone of Vestavia Hills Methodist Church was laid.
1926: Edgewood held a special election to annex the unincorporated Grove Park and Rosedale Park areas and rename itself Homewood.
1897: 5 miners were killed in the 1897 Belle Ellen Mine fire.
1890: The trustees of Trinity Methodist Church (Southside) purchased property at 30th Street and Avenue F.
1887: John Henry competed in a legendary contest against a steam hammer.
1863: Captain Goldsmith Hewitt II was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga.

2009: Drummer Lester Cobb died in Redding, Connecticut.
2007: Independent Presbyterian Church choirmaster Joseph Schreiber died of Parkinson's Disease.
1897: 5 miners were killed in the 1897 Belle Ellen Mine fire.

2015: The Women's World Cup champion U.S. national soccer team played a friendly against Haiti at Legion Field.
2008: UAB defeated Alabama State at Legion Field; BSC lost to conference rival Rhodes College in Memphis.
2008: Miles College lost 27-7 to Morehouse College at Albert J. Sloan-Alumni Stadium in Fairfield.
1973: Willie Mays announced his retirement from baseball.

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 ==Births==
-* [[1979]]: [[Demetrius Newton, Jr]] was born.
+* [[1979]]: [[Miles College]] instructor [[Demetrius Newton Jr]] was born.
 * [[1925]]: Doo-wop singer [[Bobby Nunn]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1915]]: Radio announcer [[Joe King]] was born in [[Birmingham.]]