December 19: Difference between revisions

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December 19 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: The Cadence Bank sign atop the eastern roofline of One Concord Center was illuminated.
2011: The Tuscaloosa federal building was dedicated.
2011: Former Shelby County Reporter publisher Wayne Rasco died.
2009: Band director Ted Galloway died.
2008: Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel died in Springfield, Virginia.
2006: U.S. Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald became Chairwoman of the House Committee on House Administration for the 110th Congress.
1999: Country singer Marion Worth died in Nashville, Tennessee.
1988: Dentist, Civil Rights activist, businessman and actor John Nixon died.
1968: Lois Leonard accepted the Medal of Honor from President Johnson on behalf of her husband, Matthew Leonard.
1950: The first Mayor of Vestavia Hills, Verner Adams, took office.
1939: University of Alabama athletic director Mal Moore was born.
1910: The First Bank of Corey opened for business.
1929: W. Ross Keith, Jr murdered his wife in her hospital bed at Woodlawn Infirmary.
1921: The annual Birmingham Day celebration began.
1879: Patrick O'Reilly was ordained by the Roman Catholic Church.
1871: Birmingham was incorporated; Robert Henley took office as the first mayor.

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 * [[1929]]: [[W. Ross Keith, Jr]] murdered his wife in her hospital bed at [[Woodlawn Infirmary]].
 * [[1921]]: The annual [[Birmingham Day]] celebration began.
+* [[1879]]: [[Patrick O'Reilly]] was ordained by the Roman Catholic Church.
 * [[1871]]: [[Birmingham]] was [[Incorporation of Birmingham|incorporated]]; [[Robert Henley]] took office as the first [[Mayor of Birmingham|mayor]].
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