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'''January 16''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
'''January 16''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:


* [[2014]]: The [[Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts]] opened to the public.
* [[2008]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] approved the sole bid for remote-controlled surveillance cameras to be used in [[Operation Vulcan's Thunder]].
* [[2008]]: The [[Birmingham City Council]] approved the sole bid for remote-controlled surveillance cameras to be used in [[Operation Vulcan's Thunder]].
* [[2007]]: The [[American Gospel Quartet Convention]] was held at the [[East Birmingham Church of God in Christ]].
* [[2007]]: The [[American Gospel Quartet Convention]] was held at the [[East Birmingham Church of God in Christ]].
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* [[2004]]: The [[American Gospel Quartet Convention]] was held at the [[East Birmingham Church of God in Christ]].
* [[2004]]: The [[American Gospel Quartet Convention]] was held at the [[East Birmingham Church of God in Christ]].
* [[1963]]: [[An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense]] was published in newspapers across the state.
* [[1963]]: [[An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense]] was published in newspapers across the state.
* [[1934]]: The 200 acres which is now known as [[Lane Park]] was dedicated as a public park.
* [[1962]]: [[New Bethel Baptist Church]],  [[St Luke's AME Zion Church]], and [[Triumph Church and Kingdom of God in Christ]] were each damaged by [[January 1962 church bombings|bombs]].
* [[1954]]: [[Marion Yester]] married the former [[Dot Yester|Dorothy "Dot" Louise Franklin]].
* [[1934]]: The 200 acres which is now known as [[Lane Park]] were dedicated as a public park.
* [[1926]]: The bodies of [[Auburn Moore|A. B. Moore]] and [[Ruby Thornton]] were found near [[Roebuck]].
* [[1883]]: The post office for what would become [[Irondale]] was established.
 
[[Image:Victor Hanson.jpg|right|thumb|Victor Hanson, born January 16, 1876]]
==Births==
* [[1997]]: [[Birmingham Zoo]] black rhinoceros [[Ricko]] was born.
* [[1996]]: Soccer player [[Junior Flemmings]] was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
* [[1928]]: Composer [[Ezra Sims]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[1928]]: Composer [[Ezra Sims]] was born in Birmingham.
* 1928: Miner [[Henry Higginbotham]] was fatally injured in a rock fall.
* [[1927]]: Nutritionist and [[UAB School of Public Health]] dean [[Juan Navia]] was born in Havana, Cuba.
* [[1883]]: The post office for what would become [[Irondale]] was established.
* [[1890]]: Educator [[J. Clyde Orr]] was born in Morgan County.
* [[1876]]: ''[[Birmingham News]]'' publisher [[Victor Hanson]] was born in Pike County, Georgia.
* [[1861]]: [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[Nathaniel Barrett]] was born in Lawrence County.
 
==Deaths==
* [[2021]]: [[Scotty McCallum]], former [[UAB]] president and [[Vestavia Hills]] mayor
* 2021: [[Leon Edwards]], president of [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
* [[2015]]: [[Otis Dismuke]], [[Birmingham City Schools]] community education director, died.
* [[2012]]: Publisher [[Kim Price]] died at home in [[Alexander City]].
* [[1997]]: Former NAACP leader [[W. C. Patton]] died at [[UAB Hospital]].
* [[1967]]: Physicist [[Robert Van de Graaff]] died in Boston, Massachusetts.
* [[1936]]: [[James Meissner]], commander of the [[106th Observation Squadron]], died from pneumonia at age 39.
* [[1929]]: Former [[Birmingham City Commission]]er [[Mary Echols]] died.
* [[1928]]: Miner [[Henry Higginbotham]] was fatally injured in a rock fall.


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January 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

Victor Hanson, born January 16, 1876

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