Today in Birmingham History
Alabama Topics: Mobile, AL - Montgomery, AL
Historical Events
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1946-04-13 - Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
1948-05-01 - Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"
1949-07-01 - WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953-10-08 - Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
1955-04-28 - WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956-02-15 - Pirates & KC A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white
1961-10-31 - Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
1963-05-11 - Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
1963-05-12 - Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
1963-09-06 - Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls
1965-10-17 - WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1998-01-29 - Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Ala bombed, 1 killed
2002-05-22 - American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
2003-03-18 - FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
Famous Birthdays
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1903-05-13 - Paul Page, Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth)
1911-06-20 - Gail Patrick, Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy)
1913-02-14 - Mel Allen, Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees)
1916-05-28 - Walker Percy, Birmingham Ala, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)
1917-04-07 - R G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
1930-12-31 - Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer (Sanctuary)
1933-04-07 - Wayne Rogers, Birmingham Ala, actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs)
1933-11-21 - Henry Hartsfield Jr, Birmingham Ala, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
1934-07-22 - Louise Fletcher, Birmingham AL, actress (One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest)
1939-11-24 - Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
1944-02-05 - J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
1944-09-21 - Fannie Flagg, Birmingham Ala, actress/comediene (Candid Camera)
1946-12-18 - Hubie Green, Birmingham Ala, PGA golfer (US Open 1977)
1947-04-02 - Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
1948-09-13 - Nell Carter, Birmingham Ala, actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo)
1948-10-29 - Kate Jackson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)
1958-06-04 - Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Where the Lilies Bloom)
1960-10-12 - Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham AL, PGA golfer (1994 Sprint)
1962-08-19 - Nancy Ramsbottom, Birmingham AL, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-2nd)
1964-06-15 - Courtney Cox, Birmingham Ala, actress (Family Ties, Monica-Friends)
1967-12-13 - Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
1968-04-20 - LeShundra Nathan, Birmingham Ala, heptathlete
1970-05-24 - Nick Castaneda, Birmingham Ala, pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink)
1973-11-26 - John Zimmerman, Birmingham Ala, pairs skater (& Steigler)
1975-02-18 - Scott Tucker, Birmingham Ala, 400m/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
