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'''August 16''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''August 16''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[1998]]: [[Birmingham Barons]] [[Demond Smith]] hit a record two triples vs the Mobile Bay
* [[2016]]: Richella Heekins and Ben Marlow arrived in [[Birmingham]] for their [[BHM not BHX]] visit.
* [[1990]]: [[Alan Ogg]] signed an NBA contract with the Miami Heat.
* [[2013]]: [[Pike's Hickory Pit]] closed.
* [[2007]]: ''[[The Hoover Gazette]]'' published its final issue.
* [[1980]]: [[Legion Field]] hosted the Drum Corps International World Championships.
* [[1979]]: Topping out of [[Princeton Towers|Princeton Towers I]].
* [[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]] [[Pizitz Alberta|store]].
* [[1947]]: The [[W. S. Brown residence]] on [[Highland Avenue]] was sold to the American Federated Women's Club.
* [[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.
* [[1937]]: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve [[Hugo Black]]'s nomination to the Supreme Court.
* [[1936]]: [[Jack Brazleton]] [[1936 Avondale plane crash|crashed]] into the [[Avondale School]] in a bi-plane.
* [[1936]]: [[Jack Brazleton]] [[1936 Avondale plane crash|crashed]] into the [[Avondale School]] in a bi-plane.
[[Image:Topper Price.jpg|right|thumb|Topper Price, born August 16, 1952]]
==Births==
* [[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]]: Magazine editor and civic activist [[Philip Morris]] was born in Oklahoma.
* 1940: Baseball player and bookstore owner [[Paul Seitz]] was born in Ohio.
* [[1936]]: Disc jockey [[Tall Paul|Paul "Tall Paul" White]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1928]]: Reverend [[James L. Myers]] was born in South Carolina.
* [[1921]]: Long-time [[Bromberg's]] employee [[Frances Moore]] was born.
* [[1917]]: Club owner [[Andrew Tsimpides]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1907]]: Reverend [[Lawrence Johnson]] was born in England.
* [[1894]]: Architect and film artist [[Sigmund Nesselroth]] was born in Budapest, Hungary.
* [[1881]]: ''Titanic'' survivor [[Philipp Mock]] was born in New York, New York.
==Deaths==
* [[2023]]: Writer and musician [[Ed Reynolds]] died in Birmingham.
* [[2011]]: Artist [[Chris Clark]] died.
* [[1989]]: Actress and cheetah breeder [[Amanda Blake]] died in Sacramento, California.
==Sports==
* [[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:

Topper Price, born August 16, 1952

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