September 19

September 19 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: The first annual Free the Hops Oktoberfest was held on Morris Avenue.
2009: The 2nd annual Leeds Folk Festival was held in Leeds.
2008: "105.5 The Vulcan" changed its call sign from WENN to WVVB.
2003: The new Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum opened to the public at Barber Motorsports Park.
1997: 4 Little Girls opened to the public at the Carver Theatre.
1976: A crowd of over 15,000 watched as the Tannehill Ironworks produced pig iron again after 111 years out of commission.
1967: Residents of Roosevelt, Cairo, Roosevelt-Cairo Village and Brewerfield voted to incorporate as Roosevelt City.
1959: Bessemer's Holiday Bowl had its grand opening.
1959: Steve Williams married Rosemary Hoover.
1956: Bruno's opened a new supermarket in Powderly.
1920: Shades Cahaba High School first opened to students.
1902: More than 100 people died in a stampede following remarks by Booker T. Washington to the 1902 National Baptist Convention at Shiloh Baptist Church.
1883: Isaac Hochstadter married Carrie Lebolt of Dayton, Ohio.

Callee, born September 19, 2000

Births

2000: The Birmingham Zoo's African elephant Callee was born at the Pittsburgh Zoo.
1986: 2013 Birmingham Barons pitcher Ryan Kussmaul was born in Fennimore, Wisconsin.
1985: 2007 Birmingham Barons pitcher Gio Gonzalez was born in Hialeah, Florida.
1966: Domestic terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph was born on Merritt Island, Florida.
1953: Leadership Birmingham director Ann Florie was born in Weldon, Arkansas.
1942: Author J. Gordon Melton was born in Birmingham.
1926: Governor Lurleen Wallace was born in Tuscaloosa.
1925: Reverend Maurice Branscomb was born.
1892: Newspaper reporter and novelist Jack Bethea was born in Birmingham.
1886: Southern Natural Gas Company founder Christopher Chenery was born in Richmond, Virginia.
1869: Furniture dealer and Alderman B. H. Cooper was born in Leake County, Mississippi.

2015: Longtime Bromberg's employee Frances Moore died.
2011: Club owner and World War II veteran Andrew Tsimpides died.
2013: Former Birmingham Police Department chaplain Joe Rhodes died.
1910: Alice Mason, wife of Ulysses Mason, died.
1902: More than 100 people died in a stampede following remarks by Booker T. Washington to the 1902 National Baptist Convention at Shiloh Baptist Church.

2009: Samford defeated Miles College 31-12 at Seibert Stadium.
2009: UAB lost 27-14 to Troy University in Troy.
1974: The Birmingham Americans defeated the Houston Texans 42-14 before a crowd of 33,619 in a nationally-televised game at Legion Field.