March 3

March 3 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2019: The 2019 Lee County tornado outbreak killed 23 people.
2015: The Tuscaloosa Embassy Suites Hotel opened.
2014: The vinyl-clad Pepsi billboard over the Two North Twentieth sign was dedicated.
1984: Jesse Jackson made a campaign appearance at Kelly Ingram Park.
1970: 6th Avenue Baptist Church held their first services at their current building in South Titusville.
1957: A large group of Ku Klux Klan members in hoods and robes visited the Birmingham Zoo to see the result of their donations.
1956: Brothers Billy and Robert Dye and their cousin Dan Brasher disappeared.
1923: A performance by the Washington Goodner Trio at the Frolic Theatre was cut short due to "smutty" jokes.
1919: University of Montevallo's College Night tradition began.
1915: Oscar Underwood succeeded Frank White as U.S. Senator from Alabama.
1899: The Birmingham Southern Railroad Company was organized.
1831: Samuel B. Moore, as President of the state Senate, succeeded Gabriel Moore as Governor at his election to the U. S. Senate.
1819: William Wyatt Bibb was appointed the first and only governor of the Alabama Territory.
1817: The Alabama Territory was created by splitting the Mississippi Territory along the western border of Washington County.

Bulwagi, born March 3, 1981

Births

1981: Birmingham Zoo elephant Bulwagi was born at Lion Country Safari near West Palm Beach, Florida.
1977: Actor Barret Swatek was born.
1962: Politician Tim James was born in Opelika.
1912: Physiologist and UAB Graduate School dean Samuel Barker was born in Montclair, New Jersey.

2014: The Alabama Outlawz won their inaugural game against the Georgia Rampage at Dalton, Georgia.
2007: Adalius Thomas signed with the New England Patriots.
1987: The Birmingham Turf Club opened.
1985: The Birmingham Stallions lost to Denver 40-23.