February 9: Difference between revisions

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February 9 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2017: Governor Robert Bentley appointed Luther Strange to fill Jeff Sessions vacant seat in the United States Senate.
2015: Following a federal court ruling, probate courts in Alabama approved the state's first marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Olanda Smith and Dianah McCaryer exchanged vows before Judge Mike Graffeo at the Jefferson County Courthouse.
2015: A MAX bus on Route 45 veered off of Martin Luther King Drive into a ravine, causing injuries to several passengers.
2008: The Red Mountain Market celebrated its grand opening.
1993: Lucy Bonds began selling espresso from a cart on 20th Street South. The business eventually became Lucy's Coffee and Tea.
1962: Judge Clarence Allgood took his seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
1962: Judge Walter Gewin took his seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
1958: Yester Ceramic Laboratory was incorporated.
1950: The Little Garden Club was accepted into the Garden Clubs of America.
1860: The Alabama Legislature established the Alabama Hospital for the Insane in Tuscaloosa.

John Lytle Wilson, born February 9, 1977

2008: The 4th annual BE5K Run/Walk race took place downtown, beginning at Boutwell Auditorium.
2003: The 2nd annual Mercedes Marathon was held in Birmingham, Homewood and Mountain Brook.
1971: Pitcher Satchel Paige was announced as the first Negro Leagues player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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 * [[1933]]: Golfer [[Jo Ann Prentice]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
 * [[1925]]: Alabama Labor Commissioner [[Asa Trammell]] was born.
+* [[1882]]: Industrialist and executive [[Herbert Tutwiler]] was born in Birmingham.
 * [[1863]]: State representative and Judge [[John McQueen]] was born in South Carolina.
 * [[1739]]: Naturalist [[William Bartram]] was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.