August 13: Difference between revisions

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August 13 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2007: The Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission denied a rezoning request on behalf of the Ismaili Center.
1992: Driver Clifford Allison died in a single car crash at the Michigan International Speedway.
1987: The Alabama State Legislature created the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame.
1912: 18 miners were killed in the 1912 Abernant Mine explosion.

1990: Basketball player DeMarcus Cousins was born in Mobile.
1950: Educator Freeman Hrabowski was born in Birmingham.
1947: Banker Dowd Ritter was born.
1945: Physician C. Paul Perry was born.
1937: Judge Charles Crowder was born.
1896: Aviator and publisher Asa Rountree Jr was born in Birmingham.
1881: Alabama Power Company president Thomas Martin was born in Scottsboro, Jackson County
1854: Sixth Avenue Baptist Church pastor J. Q. A. Wilhite was born in Louisville, Kentucky

1992: Driver Clifford Allison died in a single car crash at the Michigan International Speedway.
1986: Makeup artist Way Bandy died in New York, New York.
1979: Radio critic Ben Gross died.
1912: 18 miners were killed in the 1912 Abernant Mine explosion.

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 * [[1945]]: Physician [[C. Paul Perry]] was born.
 * [[1937]]: Judge [[Charles Crowder]] was born.
-* [[1896]]: Aviator and publisher [[Asa Rountree, Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1896]]: Aviator and publisher [[Asa Rountree Jr]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1881]]: [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Thomas Martin]] was born in Scottsboro, Jackson County
 * [[1854]]: [[Sixth Avenue Baptist Church]] pastor [[J. Q. A. Wilhite]] was born in Louisville, Kentucky