January 12

January 12 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2019: The Emmanuel Fellowship Church and Longview Institute in Riverside were destroyed by arson.
2016: William Bell delivered the 2016 State of the City address to the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham.
2007: The 2007 State of the Region luncheon was held at the Harbert Center.
2004: Joe Namath entered into an outpatient alcoholism treatment program.
1932: Lightning caused a fire which destroyed the upper floor of the Walker County Courthouse.

Births

1979: Restaurateur Mauricio Papapietro was born in Birmingham.
1936: Father Andrew J. Kennedy was born in Tipperary, Ireland.
1917: Jessie Hale Downs, co-founder of the Jimmie Hale Mission, was born in Moundville.
1912: Football player Howard Bailey was born.
1876: Doctor Laura Burton was born.
1859: Hardware salesman and Alderman Harry Jones was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.

2017: Orthodox priest Ignatius Crockett died.
2014: UAB School of Medicine dean James Pittman died.
2014: Construction executive Bob Burton died.
2010: U.S. Air Force officer Ken Bourland died in Haiti.
2009: Ballet dancer Gage Bush Englund died in New York City.
1999: Radio actress Betty Lou Gerson died after a stroke.
1992: Retired Alabama Supreme Court justice Eric Embry died from cancer.
1990: Prison guard Bill Donaldson was stabbed to death at the West Jefferson Correctional Facility.
1972: Parker High School band director John T. "Fess" Whatley died.
1940: Walter Smyer died.
1910: Birmingham News founder Rufus Rhodes died.

2016: The 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated the Clemson Tigers 45-40 in the College Football Playoff championship game.
2002: The Alabama Slammers won 2-0 against the Tampa Bay Force in a forfeit.