1964:
The 1964 Billy Graham Easter Rally was held at Legion Field.
2002:
Would-be thief Sampson Dearman was found trapped in the shaft of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q‘s ventilator hood.
1922:
Civil Rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth was born in Montgomery County.
2003:
The FBI raided HealthSouth headquarters.
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1856:
The first meeting of the Board of Trustees for what is now Birmingham-Southern College was held.
1948:
Mayor Larry Langford was born in Birmingham.
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1888:
Rufus N. Rhodes published the first edition of the Birmingham Evening News.
2007:
The Birmingham Design Review Committee narrowly approved the request for a demolition permit for the Birmingham News building (1917).
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1918:
Sculptor John Rhoden (creator of the Rev. Shuttlesworth statue in front of the Civil Rights Institute) was born.
1993:
Garrison Keillor’s American Radio Company was recorded at the Alabama Theatre; broadcast nationwide but had few audience members due to the Blizzard of 1993.
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2004:
Rendering of planned Railroad Reservation Park. http://www.railroadpark.org.
Preliminary ideas for the Railroad Park were presented.
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1993:
The Blizzard of 1993 began; a fire destroyed the Comedy Club.
1913:
Singer Loulie Jean Norman was born.
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