September 17

September 17 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2022: Le Dîner en Blanc was held at Railroad Park.
• 2012: 2012 Ardell plane crash in Cullman County.
• 2008: Lakendall Sims was re-captured after escaping from the Jefferson County Courthouse Bessemer Division a day earlier.
• 2007: The Fairfield City Council voted to revert "Richard Scrushy Parkway" back to Lloyd Noland Parkway.
• 2006: Harpersville Garden of Memories was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
• 2006: Po Monkey played as part of the Phelan Park Music Series.
• 1994: The UAB Marching Blazers debuted at Legion Field.
• 1977: Tom Jones performed at the BJCC Coliseum.
• 1975: The Lamplighter restaurant opened at the Ramada Inn South on Montgomery Highway in Hoover.
• 1975: Members of Elyton Baptist Church voted to disband.
• 1971: Hugo Black resigned from the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1964: The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 unconstitutional.
• 1956: Pizitz held a grand re-opening for the former Pizitz of Bessemer location at 1915-1921 2nd Avenue North in Bessemer.
• 1953: Actress Gloria Swanson made special appearances at the downtown Loveman's store.
• 1953: The Crestwood Civic Club was organized.
• 1940: President Franklin Roosevelt attended the funeral of William Bankhead at Jasper First United Methodist Church.

Education

• 2021: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees voted to rename the Ferguson Center and A. B. Moore Hall.
• 1952: Western High School opened.

Sports

• 2005: Freshman running back Glen Coffee amassed a season-high 75 yards for the Crimson Tide against South Carolina.

Robert Jemison Jr, born September 17, 1802

Births

• 1990: 2013 Birmingham Barons infielder Marcus Semien was born in San Francisco, California.
• 1959: Cartoonist Frank Cummings was born in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
• 1943: Restaurateur Charles Ezell was born in Lavaca, Choctaw County.
• 1938: Painter Larry Connatser was born in Birmingham.
• 1913: Children's author Sara Glendinning was born in Birmingham.
• 1903: Singer and "Aunt Jemima" portrayer Ethel Harper was born in Greensboro.
• 1885: Hueytown High School principal Harley Gilmore was born in Jefferson County.
• 1802: Attorney and State Assemblyman Robert Jemison Jr was born in Lincoln County, Georgia.

Awards

• 2015: Ashley Jones was presented with a Rona Jaffe Writer's Foundation Award in New York.
• 2005: Haleigh Stidham was crowned the 2006 "Miss Alabama USA" at Samford University.
• 1994: Heather Whitestone was crowned as "Miss America".

Marriages

• 1902: Widower Frank Lathrop married his third wife, the former Sally Comer.

Deaths

• 2010: Organist and Samford University professor Ted Tibbs died.
• 2001: Baseball player Bubba Church died.