February 7

February 7 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2009: Frigid Records opened inside Magic City Motor Scooters.
• 2008: Mike Coppage was named the replacement for a vacant Irondale City Council seat.
• 2007: Jimbo Wood became program director of 105.5 The Vulcan.
• 2003: Mike Coppage resigned as BPD Chief of Police to become Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety.
• 2002: The twin pyramids of the One Concord Center were illuminated for the first time.
• 1983: Milo's Hamburgers opened its first franchise.
• 1938: Rick Woodward sold Rickwood Field to Ed Norton for $175,000.
• 1887: Corbett Bros. harness and saddles was founded at 1914 2nd Avenue North.
• 1818: Blount, Cahawba and Shelby Counties were carved out of Montgomery County by the Alabama Territorial General Assembly.

Oscar Adams Jr, born February 7, 1925

Births

• 1984: Miss Alabama 2007 Jamie Langley was born.
• 1978: NFL linebacker Tim Johnson was born in Fairfield.
• 1949: Attorney and NRA president Jim Porter was born in Birmingham.
• 1942: Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir director Carlton Reese was born in Westfield.
• 1932: Author Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey.
• 1925: Alabama Supreme Court justice Oscar Adams Jr was born.
• 1895: Howard College's first female graduate, Lula Mehaffey, was born.

Deaths

• 2020: Former crooner Sammy Salvo died.
• 2016: Poet Laureate of Alabama Andrew Glaze died.
• 2015: Attorney and Alabama Democratic Party chair Redding Pitt died.
• 2015: Vulcan Materials executive Glenn Ireland II died.
• 2007: Teacher Kellie Camp died in a traffic accident.

Sports

• 1994: Michael Jordan signed a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox, parent club of the Birmingham Barons.
• 1970: LSU's Pete Maravich scored a record 69 points in a 104-102 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide at Memorial Coliseum.