1903:
Birmingham Real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist and noted inventor Mary Anderson was granted the first patent for a windshield wiper.
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A look back: November 10
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YP Issues: Question #3: What’s next?
Our first two questions dealt with the issues affecting the city in the eyes of Birmingham area young professionals and what exciting things were giving them hope. The third question asked what would help empower area young professionals. Like we said yesterday, there were not many answers but those that we did get were quite interesting and they should encourage some dialogue, even if not on the pages of this site.
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A look back: November 9
1821:
Isreal Pickens succeeded Thomas Bibb to become the third Governor of Alabama.
1939:
Auburn and Dadeville High Schools played the first game at Auburn Stadium.
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YP Issues: Question #2: What’s right?
After focusing on what they thought was wrong in Birmingham, the second question had our respondents talk about what excites them about The Magic City.
Choose three thing that you feel make Birmingham an exciting place to be right now:
The written comments received for this survey question ranged from focusing on downtown to not really being convinced that there was anything good to begin with.
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Travelogue: Birmingham Bombshells hits the road
I got an email earlier this morning about local photographer Angela Karen being featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The story focuses on Angela’s first trip outside of metro Birmingham with her Birmingham Bombshells business, which started about the time that Valentine’s Day hit last year.
She’s a graduate of that same art school in Savannah that I went to and is originally from the Magic City. It’s safe to say that some would see her work as serving a need not just for the servicemen overseas, but for the wives and families that have been left behind.
Everyone needs to check out the video that associated with the story, or at least check out Angela’s MySpace profile for the business and her other photographic work.
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A look back: November 8
1950:
Vestavia Hills was incorporated.
1888:
The Daily Birmingham Age and The Daily Herald newspapers merged to become The Birmingham Age-Herald.
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