March 31: Difference between revisions

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March 31 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2015: Alabama Education Association president Henry Mabry retired.
2010: Grayson Hall succeeded Dowd Ritter as president and CEO of Regions Bank.
2008: Former Chancellor Roy Johnson pleaded guilty to fraud of the state's two-year college system.
2008: David Neal was fired after 11 years as WBRC-TV's chief meteorologist.
2005: WRAX-FM moved from FM 107.7 to FM 100.5.
1995: State Superintendent of Education Wayne Teague retired.
1971: 14-year-old John Matthews attempted to hijack a Delta Airlines flight from Birmingham Airport.
1970: Jerome Hines, basso for the Metropolitan Opera, gave the last performance at Loew's Temple Theater.
1933: President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the Civilian Conservation Corps
1921: Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company was sold to the Birmingham Electric Company.
1903: Laura E. Burton graduated from the Louisville Medical College of the University of Kentucky.
1881: Flora Richards married B. A. Thompson.
1865: Detachments of Wilson's Raiders destroyed the Tannehill Ironworks and Shelby Furnace.

1989: Actress, tech worker Hannah Hughes was born.
1925: Banker Harry Brock Jr was born in Fort Payne.
1900: Birmingham Black Barons player and Baseball Hall of Famer Mule Suttles was born in Blocton.
1853: Saloonkeeper George Raps was born in Racine, Wisconsin.
1830: Merchant banker Christian Enslen was born in Stuttgart, Germany.

2015: Civic leader Bill Voigt died from cancer and Parkinson's disease.
2010: Prosecutor Bob McGregor died from liver cancer.
2008: Minister and local SCLC leader Alfonzo Scales died.
2004: Music-N-More owner Aquil Abdur-Rasheed was shot to death at his store in Midfield.
1995: Businessman and philanthropist John M. Harbert died.
1878: Furnace master Moses Stroup died in Montevallo.

2000: The Birmingham Steeldogs played their very first game, losing 59 to 18 against the Tennessee Valley Vipers at the BJCC Arena.
1994: Michael Jordan was assigned to the Birmingham Barons.

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 * [[2005]]: [[WRAX-FM]] moved from [[FM 107.7]] to [[FM 100.5]].
 * [[1995]]: State Superintendent of Education [[Wayne Teague]] retired.
+* [[1971]]: 14-year-old [[John Matthews]] attempted to hijack a Delta Airlines flight from [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Airport]].
 * [[1970]]: Jerome Hines, basso for the Metropolitan Opera, gave the last performance at [[Loew's Temple Theater]].
 * [[1933]]: President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]]