1932:
Satchel Paige pitched his first no-hitter in the Negro League.
2007:
Demolition of the 1917 Birmingham News building began.
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1961:
A paved quarter-mile track opened at the Birmingham International Raceway.
1997:
Compass Bank acquired Central Texas Bancorp of Waco, Texas.
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1868:
Alabama was officially re-admitted into the United States of America. Robert M. Patton ceeded Governorship to William H. Smith.
2006:
Former Bishop of Alabama George M. Murray died.
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1956:
Actress Sela Ward was born.
2005:
VJ’s on the Runway re-opened in its current location near the Birmingham International Airport.
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1820:
Alabama’s first Governor, William Wyatt Bibb died in office. Thomas Bibb, as President of the Senate, succeeded his brother as Governor.
1974:
Birmingham Americans 11 - Southern California Suns 7 in front of 53,000 at their first game at Legion Field.
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1872:
U. S. Senator John H. Bankhead, II was born.
2006:
Tim Head began disassembling the barn at the Jayfe Ware residence.
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1915:
Writer and poet Margaret Walker was born in Birmingham.
1998:
The MAPS infomercial was broadcast simultaneously by every local TV station.
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