November 14

November 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2015: The 38th Annual Joint Meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan and the Japan-U.S Southeast Associations (SEUS Japan) opened in Birmingham.
• 2014: Richard Scrushy won early release from supervised probation.
• 2007: The section of Interstate 22 from Cherry Avenue to Industrial Parkway opened.
• 2007: Judge Allwin Horn held a hearing regarding Larry Langford's eligibility for the 2007 Birmingham mayoral election.
• 2007: Ivor Brooks became chief of the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service.
• 2006: Bobby Humphryes and Jim Carns were sworn into the Jefferson County Commission.
• 1992: The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute opened.
• 1979: Richard Arrington Jr was sworn into office as the city's first black mayor.
• 1966: 8 finalists for the design of the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center were announced.
• 1955: Homewood annexed the communities of Oak Grove and Drexel Hills.
• 1943: A fire at the Morris Hotel killed two people and heavily damaged the fourth and fifth floors.
• 1916: 30 miners were killed in the 1916 Bessie Mine explosion.
• 1910: Eugene Ely was the first to fly an airplane off of the deck of a ship, the USS Birmingham (CL-2).
• 1882: O'Brien's Opera House opened with a performance of The Black Crook.

Jack Gotta, born November 14, 1929

Births

• 1986: UAB quarterback Joe Webb was born.
• 1929: Birmingham Barons baseball player Jimmy Piersall was born.
• 1929: Birmingham Americans coach Jack Gotta was born in Ironwood, Michigan

Deaths

• 2010: Architect Don Morrison died.
• 1974: Actor and football player Johnny Mack Brown died.
• 1965: Baseball player Ewart "Dixie" Walker died in Leeds.
• 1916: 30 miners were killed in the 1916 Bessie Mine explosion.

Sports

• 2009: UAB defeated Memphis 31-21 in the 12th annual Battle for the Bones.