1911:
Actress Gail Patrick was born in Birmingham.
1981:
Carl Lewis set the low-altitude long jump record.
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A look back: June 19
1957:
The Colonial Store on 26th Street North in Norwood opened.
1970:
Pro football player Chris Gray was born in Homewood.
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A look back: June 18
1881:
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church was founded as the “Second Colored Baptist Church”
2007:
Jeremy Harper began counting to one million live on the Internet.
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A look back: June 17
1911:
The Holy Innocents Hospital (Children’s Hospital) was founded.
1940:
Sculptor Frank Fleming was born in Bear Creek, Marion County.
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A look back: June 16
1967:
The City of Hoover was incorporated.
1989:
The first City Stages kicked off at Linn Park.
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A look back: June 12
1930:
Actor Jim Nabors was born.
1963:
Christian Century first published Martin Luther King, Jr‘s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
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A look back: June 11
1952:
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals threw out Bull Connor‘s convictions on charges of disorderly conduct, joint occupancy of a hotel room with a member of the opposite sex, and extramarital sexual intercourse.
1963:
Governor George Wallace carried out his “stand in the schoolhouse door” at the University of Alabama.
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