1895:
Auburn defeated Alabama 48-0 in the first Iron Bowl to be played in Tuscaloosa.
1897:
Andrew Beard was granted his second patent on a rotary engine.
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A look back: November 23
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A look back: November 22
1899:
Writer Howell Vines was born.
1990:
Homewood High School‘s marching band made their 4th appearance in the New York Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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A look back: November 21
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A look back: November 20
We figured instead of posting about the Iron Bowl games that took place on this date in Birmingham history, we’d just have you visit the date page and see for yourself.
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A look back: November 19
1887:
Baseball player Jack Nabors was born in Montevallo.
1927:
Legion Field opened with a game between Howard College and Birmingham-Southern.
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A look back: November 18
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’63 Sixteenth Street Pastor passes away
On a day that seems to be forever connected intrinsically with the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963, yet another link has formed, albeit a sad one.
The Birmingham News breaking news blog and various other news outlets (including the AJC)are reporting that The Rev. John H. Cross Jr., pastor of the church at the time of the 1963 explosion, passed away on Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 82.
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