November 12

November 12 in the history of the Birmingham District:

• 2014: Jimmie Stephens was sworn in as president of the Jefferson County Commission.
• 2008: William Bell was sworn in to the Jefferson County Commission's District 1 seat, replacing George Bowman.
• 2006: Dedrick Griham was convicted on three federal counts.
• 1967: Rector Cotesworth Lewis delivered a controversial sermon with President Lyndon Johnson in attendance at his Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia.
• 1959: USS Birmingham (CL-62) was sold for scrap and subsequently dismantled.
• 1913: Beach Chenoweth married Nouna Illges in Muscogee County, Georgia.
• 1890: Robert A. Morris married Lillian Walker.
• 1877: The "Great Metropolitan Olympiad Congress of Educated Horses and Trained Animal Exposition" performed in Birmingham.

Baylis Grace, born November 12, 1808

Births

• 1990: UAB Blazers basketball player Cameron Moore was born.
• 1975: Artist Walton Creel was born.
• 1956: Birmingham-Southern Theatre chair Michael Flowers was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
• 1950: Engineer and long-time Alabama Theatre volunteer Larry Donaldson was born in Birmingham.
• 1916: Businessman Cecil Bauer was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 1913: Repeat killer Grace Goode was born in Tarrant.
• 1871: Attorney Lee Bradley was born in Jefferson County.
• 1864: Sporting goods dealer and Southern Association commissioner Robert Baugh was born.
• 1808: Jefferson County Sheriff Baylis Grace was born in South Carolina.

Deaths

• 2013: Birmingham City Council president Maxine Parker died.
• 2011: Educator Ethel Hall died.
• 1993: Architect Gordon Holmquist died.
• 1993: Former Birmingham Barons outfielder Legrant Scott died.
• 1988: Singer Vet Boswell died in Peekskill, New York.

Sports

• 2011: UAB came from behind to defeat Memphis in the 14th annual Battle for the Bones.
• 1904: Auburn won the Iron Bowl 29-5 at West End Park.
• 1892: The Alabama Crimson Tide lost 4-5 to the Birmingham Athletic Club.