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A look back: March 27

1904:

Bethel Baptist Church was organized in Collegeville.

2006:

Southland Entertainment officials announced that Visionland would be re-named Alabama Adventure and $100 million of new rides and other facilities were on the drawing board.

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A look back: March 26

2006:

UAB‘s basketball coach Mike Anderson accepted a position at the University of Missouri.

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A look back: March 25

1919:

Milo’s Hamburgers founder Milo Carlton was born.

2004:

Photographer A. C. Keily died.

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A look back: March 24

1941:

Homewood Public Library was established.

2006:

A 30 foot tall steel sculpture of a calla lily was installed outside Norton’s Florist on 22nd Street South.

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A look back: March 20

1863:

Brother Bryan was born.

2003:

HealthSouth and its founder and CEO Richard Scrushy were accused by the SEC of an accounting scandal.

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A look back: March 19

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.

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A look back: March 18

1922:

Civil Rights activist Fred Shuttlesworth was born in Montgomery County.

2003:

The FBI raided HealthSouth headquarters.

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