February 6

February 6 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: The Aberdeen Sessions benefit concert was performed at Bottletree Cafe.
2014: Good Friends Chinese & Seafood Restaurant owner Chun Hin Chang shot at a customer who complained about a roach in her food.
2009: Regions Bank acquired the assets of Georgia-based FirstBank Financial Services from the FDIC.
2007: Worcy Crawford was honored by a mayoral proclamation recognizing him as "an entrepreneurial trailblazer in the struggle for equality."
2001: Fraternal Order of Police Birmingham Lodge No. 1 held their first meeting in their new meeting hall on Winewood Road.
1994: "Objects of Desire" opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
1963: Ground was broken for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway's Red Mountain cut.
1956: Autherine Lucy was suspended by the University of Alabama because of the school's inability to provide a safe learning environment.
1913: Rotary Club of Birmingham was organized as the 56th chapter of the national organization.
1906: Central High School, Birmingham's first dedicated high school, opened on 7th Avenue North.
1818: Tuscaloosa County was established.

Joseph Riley Smith, born February 6, 1818

Births

1975: Golf coach Jason Buha was born in Dearborn, Michigan.
1967: Birmingham Business Alliance CEO Kenneth Coleman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1939: WSGN-AM deejay June "Miss Midnight" Wetzel was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
1929: Businessman and real estate developer Bud Coleman was born in Birmingham.
1927: Hardware dealer Vance McBride was born in Sewickly, Pennsylvania.
1920: Golf coach Conrad Rehling was born in Peru, Indiana.
1909: Author Wyatt Blassingame was born in Demopolis.
1875: Banker Oscar Wells was born in Platte County, Missouri.
1818: Developer Joseph Riley Smith was born.