January 16: Difference between revisions

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January 16 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2012: Publisher Kim Price died at home in Alexander City.
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.
2006: Federal judge U. W. Clemon delivered an address at the Martin Luther King, Jr Unity Breakfast.
2004: The American Gospel Quartet Convention was held at the East Birmingham Church of God in Christ.
1997: Former NAACP leader W. C. Patton died at UAB Hospital.
1997: Birmingham Zoo black rhinoceros Ricko was born.
1967: Physicist Robert Van de Graaff died in Boston, Massachusetts.
1963: An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense was published in newspapers across the state.
1962: New Bethel Baptist Church, St Luke's AME Zion Church, and Trinity Church and Kingdom of God in Christ were each damaged by bombs.
1936: James Meissner, commander of the 106th Observation Squadron, died from pneumonia at age 39.
1934: The 200 acres which is now known as Lane Park was dedicated as a public park.
1928: Composer Ezra Sims was born in Birmingham.
1928: Miner Henry Higginbotham was fatally injured in a rock fall.
1926: The bodies of A. B. Moore and Ruby Thornton were found near Roebuck.
1883: The post office for what would become Irondale was established.
1876: Birmingham News publisher Victor Hanson was born in Pike County, Georgia.

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 '''January 16''' in the history of the [[Birmingham District]]:
+* [[2012]]: Publisher [[Kim Price]] died at home in [[Alexander City]].
 * [[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]].