February 20

February 20 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2021: 2021 Cullman County plane crash
• 2021: Tuscaloosa's Ruan Thai restaurant closed.
• 2017: Mark Zuckerberg met with Anthony Ray Hinton in Birmingham.
• 2014: Tanya Jones SalonSpa opened a second location at English Village.
• 2006: 16th Street Baptist Church was officially dedicated as a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior.
• 2006: Mike Walker was promoted to Chief of Police in Leeds.
• 2004: President George W. Bush used a recess appointment to install Bill Pryor on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
• 1966: An open house was held at the new Princeton Baptist Medical Center hospital building.
• 1911: The name of the Alabama Girls Industrial School in Montevallo was changed to the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute.
• 1905: 112 miners were killed in the 1905 Virginia City Mine explosion.
• 1900: Robert J. Powell was elected Mayor of Ensley in the 1900 Ensley municipal election.

Charles Barkley, born February 20, 1963

Births

• 1982: Baseball outfielder Kerri Fair was born in Pell City.
• 1965: Attorney and political consultant Martha Bozeman was born in Birmingham.
• 1963: NBA superstar Charles Barkley was born in Leeds.
• 1934: Newspaper publisher Lee Walls was born in Orlando, Florida
• 1929: Actress and cheetah breeder Amanda Blake was born in Buffalo, New York.
• 1876: Jefferson County Militia sergeant Phil Finch was born.
• 1828: Texas state senator John Camp was born in Jefferson County.

Deaths

• 2013: Medical geneticist Sara Finley died.
• 1994: Hardy Corp. executive and Poet Laureate of Alabama Carl Morton died.
• 1905: 112 miners were killed in the 1905 Virginia City Mine explosion.

Sports

• 2005: Outfielder Rusty Greer announced his retirement from baseball.
• 1892: The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (Auburn) defeated the University of Georgia 10-0 in Football.