Category Archives: A look back

October 23:

On this date in 1920, an International Balloon Race was launched from Birmingham.

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October 20:

On this date in 1951, the Alabama Crimson Tide played their first televised game. They lost 27-13 to Tennessee at Legion Field.

October 21:

Three years ago, a tractor trailer wreck at Malfunction Junction set 9,000 gallons of diesel fuel ablaze.

Natalee Holloway was born 21 years ago today.

October 22:

Insurance executive and renowned blind golfer Charley Boswell died 12 years ago today.

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1887:

Irondale was incorporated.

1995:

The Birmingham Barracudas lost 45-18 to the Edmonton Eskimos.

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1902:

Auburn defeated Alabama 23-0 in the Iron Bowl, held at West End Park.

1995:

Looking at the 24th Street Viaduct from our offices. Photo credit: André Natta

The new 24th Street Viaduct was dedicated.

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1917:

Kelly Ingram became the first enlisted serviceman to die in combat during World War I. A monument to Ingram stands in the park that bears his name in Birmingham’s city center, across from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.

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1890:

Photo credit: André  Natta

Alabama Penny Savings Bank was founded. The image above shows the building that the first African-American owned and operated bank in Alabama constructed to be its second home, 310 18th Street North.

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