July 12

July 12 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2022: Chelsea voters rejected a proposal to create a municipal property tax to fund a new school system.
2014: Katherine Webb and A. J. McCarron were married in Orange Beach.
2002: Regions Bank purchased Brookhollow National Bank of Dallas.
1993: The helicopter carrying Davey Allison and Red Farmer crashed at Talladega Superspeedway. Allison died the next day.
1988: Roosevelt City residents voted 718-404 to be annexed into Birmingham.
1987: The Chestnut Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd played a concert at Rickwood Field.
1963: The U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit ruled in Armstrong v. Board of Education that Birmingham City Schools must desegregate.
1957: The University Hospital School of Nursing was accredited.
1945: Publication of the Birmingham News, Birmingham Post and Birmingham Age-Herald was suspended due to a five-week printers' strike.
1923: 5 miners were killed in the 1923 Sloss No. 1 Mine accident.
1906: A crowd of 2,000 attended the opening of the Ensley Library.
1902: The cornerstones were laid for the Birmingham Medical College and Hillman Hospital.
1893: The Birmingham Dental College was incorporated.

Glenn Messer, born July 12, 1895

Births

2012: Kobu, a male kori bustard, was hatched at the Birmingham Zoo.
1960: Alabama Development Office director Greg Canfield was born in Birmingham.
1954: Hoover Fire Chief Chuck Wingate was born.
1932: Olympic 400-meter gold medalist Otis Davis was born in Tuscaloosa.
1915: Theologian B. Davie Napier was born in Kuling, China.
1895: Aviation pioneer Glenn Messer was born.
1849: Educator William Councill was born on the Councill Plantation in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

2020: Truck driver and TikTok celebrity Steve Raley died in Colby, Kansas.
2009: Vocalist and founder of the Gospel Harmonettes, Mildred Howard died in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1983: Irondale Police officer Rex Winchester was killed in the line of duty.
1980: Aviator, explorer and inventor Donald Beatty died in Birmingham.
1923: 5 miners were killed in the 1923 Sloss No. 1 Mine accident.
1869: Physician and settler Daniel Davis died.

2003: Birmingham Steeldogs 42 - Columbus Wardogs 43 at Columbus, Georgia.
1997: The Alabama Saints semi-pro soccer team played Northwest Florida in Liberty Park.
1966: Bobby Allison scored his first NASCAR Grand National (now Nextel Cup) victory.