1918:
Satchel Paige was sent to the Industrial School for Negro Children in Mount Meigs.
2002:
Music professor Hugh Thomas died.
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A look back: July 24
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A look back: July 22
1972:
The Sloss Blast Furnace Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
2006:
The Function in the Junction jazz festival was held in Erskine Hawkins Park in Ensley.
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A look back: July 21
1894:
The Caldwell Hotel burned to the ground.
1951:
Catcher Sam Hairston made his major-league debut with the Chicago White Sox.
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A look back: July 18
1960:
Construction began on Logan Martin Dam.
2006:
Patricia Todd defeated Gaynell Hendricks for the Alabama House District 54 seat.
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A look back: July 17
1920:
Radio announcer Joe Rumore was born in Birmingham.
2006:
Artist Bill Morgan Freeman died in Birmingham.
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A look back: July 16
1932:
Satchel Paige pitched his first no-hitter in the Negro League.
2007:
Demolition of the 1917 Birmingham News building began.
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A look back: July 15
1961:
A paved quarter-mile track opened at the Birmingham International Raceway.
1997:
Compass Bank acquired Central Texas Bancorp of Waco, Texas.
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