August 16: Difference between revisions

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August 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2013: Pike's Hickory Pit closed.
2007: The Hoover Gazette published its final issue.
1980: Legion Field hosted the Drum Corps International World Championships.
1970: A federal warrant was issued for activist Angela Davis, accused of assisting in the escape of George Jackson from San Quentin.
1965: Pizitz opened its Alberta City store.
1947: The W. S. Brown residence on Highland Avenue was sold to the American Federated Women's Club.
1945: The Birmingham News and Birmingham Post resumed publication after agreeing to end the 1945 printers' strike.
1937: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve Hugo Black's nomination to the Supreme Court.
1936: Jack Brazleton crashed into the Avondale School in a bi-plane.

1973: Mayor of Kimberly Craig Harris was born.
1952: Musician Topper Price was born in Mobile County.
1943: Pro Bowl guard Woody Peoples was born in Birmingham.
1940: Baseball player and bookstore owner Paul Seitz was born in Ohio.
1928: Reverend James L. Myers was born in South Carolina.
1907: Reverend Lawrence Johnson was born in England.
1894: Architect and film artist Sigmund Nesselroth was born in Budapest, Hungary.

1998: Birmingham Barons' Demond Smith hit a record two triples vs the Mobile Bay Bears.
1990: Alan Ogg signed an NBA contract with the Miami Heat.

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 '''August 16''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2013]]: [[Pike's Hickory Pit]] closed.
 * [[2007]]: ''[[The Hoover Gazette]]'' published its final issue.
 * [[1980]]: [[Legion Field]] hosted the Drum Corps International World Championships.