1955:
Satchel Paige signed a contract to play for the Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League.
2006:
Adventurer and mountain climber Robert Davis III died while descending Mount Kenya.
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A look back: August 14
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A look back: July 24
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: June 27
1927:
Birmingham Black Barons pitcher Satchel Paige struck three consecutive St Louis Stars batters, starting a near riot.
2006:
Mayor Bernard Kincaid and Police Chief Annetta Nunn took part in a “funeral procession against crime” in West End.
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