February 16: Difference between revisions

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February 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Mark Chepses of West Des Moines, Iowa won the Mercedes Marathon with a time of 2:20:36
2010: The new Gardendale High School opened.
2010: WENN-FM was relaunched as a neo-soul station at FM 101.9.
2010: Kenneth Livesay was sentenced to 5 months in prison for his role in HealthSouth's accounting fraud scandal.
2008: The Hoover Crescent Islamic Center held its grand opening open house.
2007: Compass Bank announced that it was being acquired by Spain's BBVA.
2006: Elephant Bulwagi debuted at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
1985: The Birmingham Stallions lost their first exhibition game to the Houston Gamblers at Legion Field.
1981: The New York Yankees traded Rafael Santana to St Louis for George Frazier.
1968: The nation's first 911 call was taken in Haleyville [1].
1952: First baseman Norm Zauchin married the former Janet Mooney, whom he had met by running into her chasing a foul ball into the stands at Rickwood Field.
1945: The Galax Theater was damaged by fire.
1897: The Town of Vincent was chartered.
1895: The Flag of Alabama was adopted.

2008: Civil Rights leader James Orange died in Atlanta.
2008: Former insurance executive and Mountain Brook mayor Lee McGriff died in Birmingham.
2007: Environmentalist Mary Burks died.
1955: Attorney Bradley Byrne was born in Mobile.
1952: Outfielder Jerry Hairston was born in Birmingham.
1948: Jefferson County Commissioner George Bowman was born in South Carolina.
1944: Inventor Miller Reese Hutchison died in New York.
1939: Football coach Jim Currier was born in Birmingham.
1923: Developer N. F. Thompson died in Baltimore, Maryland.

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 * [[1944]]: Inventor [[Miller Reese Hutchison]] died in New York.
 * [[1939]]: Football coach [[Jim Currier]] was born in Birmingham.
+* [[1923]]: Developer [[N. F. Thompson]] died in Baltimore, Maryland.
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