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'''December 8''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''December 8''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2015]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] approved a [[ride-sharing]] ordinance.
* 2015: [[Delta Blues Hot Tamales]] opened on [[Cobb Lane]].
* [[2009]]: A [[2009 Birmingham mayoral election|special election]] was held to elect a [[Mayor of Birmingham]] after the conviction of [[Larry Langford]].
* 2009: A small plane made a [[2009 East Lake plane crash|soft landing]] in a field next to [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport]].
* [[2006]]: The last Birmingham-based taping of the [[Dixon & Willoughby]] morning show aired on [[WAPI-AM|WAPI-AM 1070]].
* [[2006]]: The last Birmingham-based taping of the [[Dixon & Willoughby]] morning show aired on [[WAPI-AM|WAPI-AM 1070]].
* [[2005]]: Ground was broken for the [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]].
* [[1945]]: Distinguished Service Cross recipient [[Elliott Dent]] received his discharge from the US Air Force.
* [[1921]]: [[Shades Valley Lodge No. 829]] in [[Homewood]] was chartered.
* [[1888]]: The [[Hawes murders|bodies of Emma and Irene Hawes]] were found in [[Lakeview Park]]. Postmaster [[Maurice Throckmorton]] and nine others were fatally wounded during the [[Hawes riot|ensuing riot]] at the [[Jefferson County Jail]].
* [[1886]]: Incumbent [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] [[A. O. Lane]] won a third term in office in the [[1886 Birmingham mayoral election]].
* [[1870]]: [[Josiah Morris]] purchased the [[Elyton Land Company parcel|4,150 acres]] which would become [[Birmingham]].
[[Image:Bill Battle III.jpg|right|thumb|Bill Battle III, born December 8, 1941]]
==Births==
* [[1988]]: Bar owner and restaurateur [[Jesus Mendez]] was born in Tabasco, Mexico.
* [[1984]]: Country singer/songwriter and former [[UAB Blazers football team|UAB Blazers]] quarterback [[Sam Hunt]] was born in Cedartown, Georgia.
* [[1941]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide]] athletic director [[Bill Battle III]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1928]]: [[UAB]] doctor [[Charles Alford]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1891]]: Elephant keeper [[John Todd]] was born in Hackneyville, Tallapoosa County.
* [[1887]]: Dodgers pitcher [[Eddie Dent]] was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
* [[1841]]: Hotelier [[Margaret Ward]] was born in Rome, Georgia.
==Deaths==
* [[2012]]: [[Del Chambordon|Del "Twinkles" Chambordon]] died.
* [[1964]]: [[Alabama Power Company]] chairman [[Thomas Martin]] died.
==Sports==
* [[2007]]: Prattville High School won their second straight [[AHSAA]] 6A football championship by defeating [[Spain Park High School]] 14-0 in the [[Super Six]] at [[Legion Field]].
* [[2001]]: The [[Alabama Slammers]] lost on the road to the Orlando Fire 36-0.
* [[2001]]: The [[Alabama Slammers]] lost on the road to the Orlando Fire 36-0.
* [[1999]]: NBA all-star [[Charles Barkley]] suffered a career-ending injury.
* [[1999]]: NBA all-star [[Charles Barkley]] suffered a career-ending injury.
* [[1888]]: Postmaster [[Maurice Throckmorton]] and nine others were killed during the riots after the [[Hawes murders]].
* [[1870]]: [[Josiah Morris]] purchased the 4,150 acres which would become [[Birmingham]].


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December 8 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Bill Battle III, born December 8, 1941

Births

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