November 14: Difference between revisions

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November 14 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2018: Lashunda Scales, Sheila Tyson and Steve Ammons were sworn into the Jefferson County Commission.
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.
1997: Summit Cinemas opened at The Summit.
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

2012: "Mayor for a Day" Khy White was born.
1986: UAB quarterback Joe Webb was born.
1957: Robert Simoneau Jr, famed as drag performer "Libertee Belle", was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.
1929: Birmingham Barons baseball player Jimmy Piersall was born.
1929: Birmingham Americans coach Jack Gotta was born in Ironwood, Michigan
1889: Judge Virginia Mayfield was born in Birmingham.

2020: Restaurateur Eli Stevens died.
2010: Architect Don Morrison died.
1974: Actor and football player Johnny Mack Brown died.
1965: Baseball player Ewart "Dixie" Walker died in Leeds.
1918: Aviator John R. Williams died in a training accident at Old Sarum Airfield near Salisbury, England.
1916: 30 miners were killed in the 1916 Bessie Mine explosion.

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 * 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]].
+* [[1997]]: [[Summit Cinemas]] opened at [[The Summit]].
 * [[1992]]: The [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]] opened.
 * [[1979]]: [[Richard Arrington Jr]] was [[1979 Birmingham inaugural address|sworn into office]] as the city's first black mayor.
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 [[Image:Jack Gotta.jpg|right|thumb|Jack Gotta, born November 14, 1929]]
 ==Births==
+* [[2012]]: "Mayor for a Day" [[Khy White]] was born.
 * [[1986]]: [[UAB]] quarterback [[Joe Webb]] was born.
+* [[1957]]: [[Liberty Belle|Robert Simoneau Jr]], famed as drag performer "[[Libertee Belle]]", was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.
 * [[1929]]: [[Birmingham Barons]] baseball player [[Jimmy Piersall]] was born.
 * [[1929]]: [[Birmingham Americans]] coach [[Jack Gotta]] was born in Ironwood, Michigan
+* [[1889]]: Judge [[Virginia Mayfield]] was born in Birmingham.
 ==Deaths==
+* [[2020]]: Restaurateur [[Eli Stevens]] died.
 * [[2010]]: Architect [[Don Morrison]] died.
 * [[1974]]: Actor and football player [[Johnny Mack Brown]] died.
 * [[1965]]: Baseball player [[Ewart "Dixie" Walker]] died in [[Leeds]].
+* [[1918]]: Aviator [[John R. Williams]] died in a training accident at Old Sarum Airfield near Salisbury, England.
 * [[1916]]: 30 miners were killed in the [[1916 Bessie Mine explosion]].