January 28: Difference between revisions

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January 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2014: Unexpected snow and ice stranded thousands of people in their cars in the 2014 winter storm.
2010: Kyle Whitmire's final "War on Dumb" article was published in the Birmingham Weekly.
2007: Tragic City Rollers All-Stars defeated the Atlanta Roller Girls 129-117 at Funtime Skate Center in Fultondale.
2005: Freshwater Land Trust announced that they were raising funds to purchase property for the Red Mountain Park.
2000: Alamerica Bank officially opened.
1995: The Canadian Football League approved the Birmingham Barracudas' application for an expansion team.
1988: UAB's 1917 Clinic opened.
1975: Buckingham Nicks headlined a sold-out show at Boutwell Auditorium shortly after Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac.
1971: Chilton County was added to the Regional Planning Commission.
1945: Bert Bank and fellow Japanese prisoners of war were rescued by U. S. Rangers in the Philippines.
1915: The Jefferson County Savings Bank closed its doors.
1904: A rare snowfall brought 8.1 inches to Birmingham.
1846: The Alabama Legislature began meetings in Tuscaloosa that resulted in the choice of Montgomery as the new state capital.
1820: Ninian Tannehill married Mary "Polly" Prude at Elyton.

1973: Comic book writer Jason Aaron was born in Jasper.
1964: Birmingham News editorialist and financial author Justin Fox was born in California.
1941: Brother Bryan died.
1923: Pediatrician Dewey White was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
1916: Judge Mitchell Porter died in Birmingham.
1910: Carpenter and undertaker Edward Erswell died in Birmingham.

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 * [[1923]]: Pediatrician [[Dewey White]] was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
 * [[1916]]: Judge [[Mitchell Porter]] died in [[Birmingham]].
+* [[1910]]: Carpenter and undertaker [[Edward Erswell]] died in [[Birmingham]].
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