February 11

February 11 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: Pastor John Loper retired from Garywood Assembly of God.
2008: The Rick and Bubba Show began broadcasting from their "Broadcast Plaza and Teleport" at the Vestavia Hills City Center.
2007: Hibbett Sporting Goods changed its name to Hibbett Sports, Inc.
1982: The 4th Avenue Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
1979: John Loper assumed the pulpit at Garywood Assembly of God.
1927: Homewood was created by the state legislature's approval of Edgewood's annexation of Grove Park and Rosedale.
1921: A planned concert by Italian soprano Luisa Tetrazzini was canceled when she contracted a cold. She remained in the city for a few days under the care of local throat specialists.
1900: Ensley Baptist Church was organized.
1894: Samuel Ullman resigned his position as lay rabbi of Temple Emanu-El.
1887: St Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church was founded.
1850: The Alabama Legislature appropriated $60,000 for the construction of a new Capitol in Montgomery.
1846: Attorney John Tyler Morgan married the former Cornelia Willis of Talladega County.

Births

1985: Baseball player Emeel Salem was born in Birmingham.
1977: Trombonist and composer Chad Fisher was born in Deatsville, Elmore County.
1947: Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore was born in Gadsden.
1925: Military contractor and voice coach John Bullock was born in Birmingham.
1920: Marine Corps Commandant Louis Wilson Jr was born in Brandon, Mississippi.
1858: Banker Eugene Enslen was born in Wetumpka.