February 7

February 7 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2009: Frigid Records opened inside Magic City Motor Scooters.
2008: Mike Coppage was named the replacement for a vacant Irondale City Council seat.
2007: Jimbo Wood became program director of 105.5 The Vulcan.
2003: Mike Coppage resigned as BPD Chief of Police to become Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety.
2002: The twin pyramids of the One Concord Center were illuminated for the first time.
1983: Milo's Hamburgers opened its first franchise.
1938: Rick Woodward sold Rickwood Field to Ed Norton for $175,000.
1887: Corbett Bros. harness and saddles was founded at 1914 2nd Avenue North.
1818: Blount, Cahawba and Shelby Counties were carved out of Montgomery County by the Alabama Territorial General Assembly.

Oscar Adams Jr, born February 7, 1925

Births

1984: Miss Alabama 2007 Jamie Langley was born.
1978: NFL linebacker Tim Johnson was born in Fairfield.
1949: Attorney and NRA president Jim Porter was born in Birmingham.
1942: Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir director Carlton Reese was born in Westfield.
1932: Author Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey.
1930: Former Alabama State Senator and Representative Jack Biddle was born in Birmingham.
1925: Alabama Supreme Court justice Oscar Adams Jr was born.
1895: Howard College's first female graduate, Lula Mehaffey, was born.

1994: Michael Jordan signed a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox, parent club of the Birmingham Barons.
1970: LSU's Pete Maravich scored a record 69 points in a 104-102 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide at Memorial Coliseum.