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* [[2007]]: Mayor [[Bernard Kincaid]] delivered the [[2007 State of the City address]]. | * [[2007]]: Mayor [[Bernard Kincaid]] delivered the [[2007 State of the City address]]. | ||
: | * 2007: Citadel assigned the call letters [[WJOX]] to frequency [[FM 100.5]] and started a new sports format at its old frequency, [[AM 690]], with the call letters [[WSPZ-AM]]. | ||
: | * 2007: Students began attending classes at the new [[Fultondale Elementary School]]. | ||
* [[1977]]: | * [[1970]]: Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan Bean headlined "Family Night with the Astronauts" at [[Municipal Auditorium]]. | ||
* [[1967]]: [[McElwain Baptist Church]] held the first service in its new sanctuary. | |||
[[Image:Amber Benson.jpg|right|thumb|Amber Benson, born January 8, 1977]] | |||
==Births== | |||
* [[1977]]: Actress [[Amber Benson]] was born in Birmingham. | |||
* [[1972]]: Minister [[Alann Johnson]] was born. | |||
* [[1957]]: [[Helena Police Department|Helena Police Chief]] [[Doug Jones (police chief)|Doug Jones]] was born. | |||
* [[1937]]: Alabama Senate Minority Leader [[Jabo Waggoner Jr]] was born in Birmingham. | |||
* [[1929]]: Pastor [[Harold D. Long]] was born. | * [[1929]]: Pastor [[Harold D. Long]] was born. | ||
* [[1884]]: Choir director [[Malachi Wilkerson]] was born in Birmingham. | |||
* [[1877]]: Episcopal priest [[Raimundo de Ovies]] was born in Liverpool, England. | |||
* [[1842]]: Real estate executive [[James Going]] was born in [[Pickens County]]. | |||
==Deaths== | |||
* [[2019]]: Former [[Mayor of Birmingham]] and [[Jefferson County Commission]] president [[Larry Langford]] died. | |||
* [[2009]]: Civil Rights attorney [[Chuck Morgan]] died. | |||
* [[2008]]: Alabama Labor Commissioner [[Asa Trammell]] died. | |||
* [[1985]]: Writer [[Wyatt Blassingame]] died in Bradenton, Florida. | |||
* [[1930]]: Physician [[Benjamin Wyman]] died in [[Birmingham]]. | |||
==Sports== | |||
* [[2014]]: Former [[Auburn Tigers baseball team|Auburn]] and [[Birmingham Barons]] star [[Frank Thomas]] was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. | |||
* [[2011]]: The Pitt Panthers won the 2011 [[BBVA Compass Bowl]] at [[Legion Field]], defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 27-10. | |||
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January 8 in the history of the Birmingham District:
- 2007: Mayor Bernard Kincaid delivered the 2007 State of the City address.
- 2007: Citadel assigned the call letters WJOX to frequency FM 100.5 and started a new sports format at its old frequency, AM 690, with the call letters WSPZ-AM.
- 2007: Students began attending classes at the new Fultondale Elementary School.
- 1970: Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Alan Bean headlined "Family Night with the Astronauts" at Municipal Auditorium.
- 1967: McElwain Baptist Church held the first service in its new sanctuary.
Births
- 1977: Actress Amber Benson was born in Birmingham.
- 1972: Minister Alann Johnson was born.
- 1957: Helena Police Chief Doug Jones was born.
- 1937: Alabama Senate Minority Leader Jabo Waggoner Jr was born in Birmingham.
- 1929: Pastor Harold D. Long was born.
- 1884: Choir director Malachi Wilkerson was born in Birmingham.
- 1877: Episcopal priest Raimundo de Ovies was born in Liverpool, England.
- 1842: Real estate executive James Going was born in Pickens County.
Deaths
- 2019: Former Mayor of Birmingham and Jefferson County Commission president Larry Langford died.
- 2009: Civil Rights attorney Chuck Morgan died.
- 2008: Alabama Labor Commissioner Asa Trammell died.
- 1985: Writer Wyatt Blassingame died in Bradenton, Florida.
- 1930: Physician Benjamin Wyman died in Birmingham.
Sports
- 2014: Former Auburn and Birmingham Barons star Frank Thomas was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 2011: The Pitt Panthers won the 2011 BBVA Compass Bowl at Legion Field, defeating the Kentucky Wildcats 27-10.