March 28: Difference between revisions

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March 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: The Chicago White Sox played an exhibition game against the Birmingham Barons at Regions Field.
2014: The art installation Birmingham Lights: Positive Disruption was dedicated in the 14th Street underpass at the Railroad Reservation.
2002: Center Point was officially incorporated.
1991: Compass Bank acquired River Oaks Bancshares of Houston, Texas.
1865: Wilson's Raiders burned the town of Elyton, and destroyed the Oxmoor and Irondale Furnaces.

2010: Businessman William Spencer III died in Birmingham.
2010: Football coach Thompson Reynolds died in Birmingham.
2009: Tuskegee Airman Walter Palmer died in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2008: Anne Woodward, daughter of Rick Woodward, died in Mountain Brook.
2000: Former Mayor George Seibels died in Birmingham.
1963: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sergeant Chuck Jaeger was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1952: Attorney Mike Graffeo was born.
1951: Restaurateur and politician Johnnie Wyatt was born.
1901: Tuscaloosa Times owner and former Mayor of Tuscaloosa William Jemison died in Galveston, Texas.
1867: Music dealer E. E. Forbes was born in Oxford.

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 * [[2002]]: [[Center Point]] was officially incorporated.
 * [[1991]]: [[Compass Bank]] acquired River Oaks Bancshares of Houston, Texas.
-* [[1865]]: [[Wilson's Raid]]ers skirmished in [[Elyton]], and destroyed the [[Oxmoor Furnace|Oxmoor]] and [[Irondale Furnace]]s.
+* [[1865]]: [[Wilson's Raid]]ers burned the town of [[Elyton]], and destroyed the [[Oxmoor Furnace|Oxmoor]] and [[Irondale Furnace]]s.
 ==Births and deaths==