February 7: Difference between revisions

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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

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.
1930: Former Alabama State Senator and Representative Jack Biddle was born in Birmingham.
1925: Alabama Supreme Court justice Oscar Adams Jr was born.
1895: Howard College's first female graduate, Lula Mehaffey, was born.

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.

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 ==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.
+* [[1930]]: Former Alabama State Senator and Representative [[Jack Biddle]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1925]]: Alabama Supreme Court justice [[Oscar Adams Jr]] was born.
+* [[1895]]: [[Howard College]]'s first female graduate, [[Lula Mehaffey]], was born.
 ==Deaths==
+* [[2024]]: Former Alabama State Senator and Representative [[Jack Biddle]] died.
+* [[2021]]: Former ''[[Southern Living]]'' editor [[John Floyd]] died.
+* [[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.