August 9

August 9 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: Roy Williams radio program debuted on WAGG-AM.
2012: The Barber of Birmingham premiered on PBS.
2011: The Public Athletic, Cultural and Entertainment Facilities Board was incorporated to build Regions Field.
2011: Ollie Irene opened in the Mountain Brook Shopping Center.
2010: Homewood City Council president Jeff Underwood resigned for health reasons.
2002: A topping out ceremony was held for the downtown tower One Concord Center.
1978: Jefferson Starship performed at the BJCC Coliseum.
1846: William Browne married the former Margaret Elizabeth Stevens of Tuscaloosa.
1814: The Treaty of Fort Jackson ceded much of Alabama's Creek Indian territory to the United States.

Way Bandy, born August 9, 1941

Births

1974: Entertainer Michael Saab was born.
1941: Makeup artist Way Bandy was born Ronald Duane Wright in Birmingham.
1926: Developer Everett Shepherd Jr was born.
1921: Town & Gown Theatre founder James Hatcher was born in Enterprise, Coffee County.
1863: Theater owner Jake Wells was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

2018: Rocco & Cheater's Speed Shop owner Domenic Sanfilippo died.
2017: Former Alabama Supreme Court justice Janie Shores died in Baldwin County.
1980: Rockabilly/soul singer Jerry Woodard died on St Simon's Island, Georgia.
1969: Birmingham native and internationally-known hair stylist Jay Sebring was shot along with Sharon Tate by the Manson family in Los Angeles.
1926: Former Jefferson County Treasurer William Hickman died at his home in Trussville.

1971: Pitcher Satchel Paige became the first Negro Leagues player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1915: Jack Nabors pitched his first Major League baseball game.