2003:
The UAB Blazers beat Memphis 24-10 at Memphis in the 6th Battle for the Bones football game.
2006:
Birmingham Police Department‘s Operation “Taking It to the Streets” netted 35 mostly-drug related felony and misdemeanor arrests.
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A look back: October 3
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A look back: October 2
1781:
Alabama’s first governor William Wyatt Bibb was born.
1956:
Community activist Kamau Afrika was born.
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A look back: October 1
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A look back: September 28 & 29
1938
Former Dora High School star Ivy Paul Andrews played his last major league game.
1929
Denny Stadium (now Bryant-Denny Stadium) opened on the campus of the University of Alabama.
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A look back: September 27
1941
Birmingham native Virgil Trucks made his major league debut on the mound for the Detroit Tigers.
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A look back: September 26
On this date in 1891 a traveling medicine salesman ascended a hot air balloon from the corner of 1st Avenue North and 19th Street.
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