February 28

February 28 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2016: Cosmo's Pizza closed.
2014: The Haskell Slaughter law firm closed its Park Place offices.
2006: Birmingham City Council passed a resolution to invest up to $2.5 million in infrastructure improvements for Pemco, an additional $5 million for development of the Railroad Park, and $11 million in incentives for Eastwood Village.
1972: WJLD-AM moved its studio from downtown to Mason City.
1960: The A. G. Gaston Building was dedicated.
1954: Gene Autry headlined an all-star stage revue at Municipal Auditorium.
1946: Tenor Lawritz Melchior performed with a 30-piece orchestra at Municipal Auditorium.
1936: Aviator Amelia Earhart delivered an address at Phillips High School's auditorium.
1919: The USS Osmond Ingram was launched at Quincy, Massachusetts.
1905: The first class of Hillman Hospital's Training School for Nurses was graduated.
1890: Richard Hawes was hanged by Sheriff Joseph S. Smith for the murders of his wife and daughters.
1889: The town of Avondale was incorporated by the Alabama State Legislature.
1876: At Oxmoor Furnace the first viable pig iron was produced using coke from Birmingham District coal instead of charcoal.

Births

Lucius Pitts

1991: UAB Blazers basketball player and assistant coach Rob Williams was born Greenville, Mississippi.
1984: Musician Sanders Bohlke was born in Sardis, Mississippi.
1970: Daxko CEO Dave Gray was born.
1915: Miles College president Lucius Pitts was born in James, Georgia.
1911: Businessman Mortimer Jordan IV was born in Birmingham.
1878: Developer Robert Jemison Jr was born in Tuscaloosa.
1871: Pratt City Mayor Joseph Lacey was born in Seale, Russell County.

2015: Nora Nash, dance studio and costume shop owner.
2011: Dewayne Davis, founder of UAB Gospel Choir and More Than Conquerors Faith Church, died.
2010: Brookwood Medical Center co-founder Charles Speir died.
2009: Buffalo Rock Company chairman Jimmy Lee Jr died.
1987: Former Mayor of Tarrant Bud Erwin died.
1976: Music patron Rosalie Leventritt died in New York City.
1967: US Army Sergeant Matthew Leonard was killed in action in Vietnam.
1951: Retailer Joseph Loveman died.
1941: Architect Wallace Rayfield died.
1890: Richard Hawes was hanged by Sheriff Joseph S. Smith for the murders of his wife and daughters.