July 16

July 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2016: The second annual Sloss Music & Arts Festival opened.
2011: Thomas Robey won the third Iron City Chef competition.
2010: Floyd & Beasley Transfer closed.
2008: Birmingham Airport Authority approved renaming the airport for Fred Shuttlesworth.
2007: Demolition of the 1917 Birmingham News building began.
2006: The 2006 National Association of Free Will Baptists convention began at the BJCC.
2001: Bank marketing consulting firm Bancography was founded.
1976: Black Creek Bridge in Fultondale was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
1963: The 212-member Community Affairs Committee was organized.
1961: First Lutheran Church named Reverend Martin A. Buerger as pastor.
1934: 20,000 United Textile Workers walked out across Alabama, touching off the 1934 National Textile Strike.
1903: The National Weather Bureau established a full-time "First Order" Weather Forecast Office in Birmingham
1891: Deputy U.S. Marshal Eugene Byars fired 12 rounds from a pair of Colt revolvers at Wes (or Gus) Garner, a former policeman with whom he had an ongoing dispute, at the Parlor Saloon.
1889: The Birmingham Athletic Club was incorporated "for the encouragement of manly sports and promotion of physical culture."

George Seibels, born July 16, 1913. courtesy BPL Archives

Births

2001: Birmingham Legion FC player Jaden Servania was born in Birmingham.
1986: Mwelu, a male gorilla, was born at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.
1956: Linebacker Rich Wingo was born in Elkhart, Indiana.
1937: Soccer coach Ray Woodard was born.
1934: Judge Tennant Smallwood was born.
1932: Charles Gratton, proprietor of the downtown Green Acres Cafe, was born.
1916: Jazz musician and CIA operative Miles Copeland was born in Birmingham.
1913: Mayor George Seibels was born in Coronado, California.
1845: Former Howard College President Benjamin Frankin Riley was born in Pineville.
1833: Dr James Luckie was born in Newton County, Georgia.

2022: Former Mouseketeer Mickey Rooney Jr died in Glendale, California.
2021: Shelby County Commissioner Daniel Acker Sr died in Alabaster.
2012: Master engraver Harald Herglotz died in Tuscaloosa.
2011: Judge Ira De Ment died in Montgomery.
2011: Football coach Jim Currier died in Birmingham.
2011: Former NFL center Forrest Blue died in Carmichael, California.
2005: Brandee Skinner's BMW plunged into the Cahaba River, killing her two children.
1992: Pro football Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan died.
1970: Former Wake Forest football coach Peahead Walker died.
1950: Former Alderman Christian Rambow died.
1920: Former Adjutant General James Gilmer died in Seattle, Washington.

2005: The Birmingham Steeldogs won 23-20 on the road against the South Georgia Wildcats.
1932: Satchel Paige pitched his first no-hitter in the Negro League.