July 13

July 13 in the history of the Birmingham District:

2024: Jefferson County Cam Watch premiered on CBS 42.
2013: Haller Magee won the fifth Iron City Chef competition.
2008: The first phase of the Alabama National Cemetery was dedicated in Montevallo.
2007: AmSouth Bank branches in Alabama and Florida were converted to Regions Bank branches. The AmSouth Harbert Plaza was re-christened the Regions-Harbert Plaza.
1973: Five crewmen were killed when a Birmingham Southern Railroad train derailed between Birmingport and Fairfield.
1971: First Alabama Bancshares (now Regions) was created by the union of the First National Banks of Montgomery and Huntsville and the Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham.
1969: Birmingham police officer Kenneth Spencer was killed during an altercation at Harris Park. All city-owned pools were closed for the remainder of the year.
1946: The Hill-Burton Hospital Survey & Construction Act was enacted.
1932: Birmingham voted 2-1 to allow spectator sports to be played on Sunday.

Frank Moore Cross, born July 13, 1921

Births

1955: Wenonah High School football coach Ronald Cheatham was born in Birmingham.
1954: Hoover Police Department Chief Nick Derzis was born in Berlin, Germany.
1929: Elementary school principal Ozilene Cartee was born.
1921: Biblical scholar Frank Moore Cross was born in Ross, California.

2016: Drummond Company chairman & CEO Garry Drummond died.
2015: Residential contractor Francis Bryant died.
1994: Attorney and former champion shotputter Charlie Fonville died in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1993: Davey Allison died from injuries sustained the day before when his helicopter crashed in the infield of Talladega Superspeedway.
1987: Basketball player Johnny High died in a car crash in Phoenix, Arizona.
1986: SouthPoint American Cafe waitress Tracey Schoettlin was abducted from Southside and raped and murdered by schizophrenic Tommy Bradley.
1973: Five crewmen were killed when a Birmingham Southern Railroad train derailed between Birmingport and Fairfield.
1969: Kenneth Spencer, 26, a Birmingham police officer, was killed during an altercation at Harris Park.